Eosinophilic ureteritis. Report of a case

Arch Esp Urol. 2012 Sep;65(7):706-8.
[Article in English, Spanish]

Abstract

Objective: We present the case of a patient with eosinophilic ureteritis.

Methods: The patient was admitted with pain on the right renal fossa, and after several imaging tests, a mass was found on the right ureter, compatible with urothelial neoplasia on the right ureter.

Results: Right nephroureterectomy was performed and the histopathological diagnosis was eosinophilic ureteritis

Conclusion: Eosinophilic ureteritis is a rare entity with an unclear etiology,which is not easily distinguished from urothelial tumours. In the differential diagnosis we must take it into account whenever we find a ureteral mass associated to eosinophilia.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Eosinophilic Granuloma / pathology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Ureteral Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Ureteral Diseases / pathology
  • Ureteral Diseases / surgery
  • Ureteral Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Ureteral Neoplasms / pathology
  • Ureteral Neoplasms / surgery
  • Urography
  • Urologic Surgical Procedures