Abstract
We retrospectively reviewed the records of 153 patients with breast cancer undergoing
serial abdominal computed tomography (CT). During a median follow-up of 40 months,
2 (1.4%) of 153 patients developed bilateral hydronephrosis in the absence of radiologically
visible obstructing pathology. Surgery confirmed malignant infiltration of the ureters
by metastatic lobular carcinoma in both patients, suggesting that new unexplained
bilateral hydronephrosis on serial CT in patients with breast cancer is likely to
reflect infiltrative retroperitoneal involvement of the ureters by metastatic lobular
carcinoma.
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Publication history
Published online: November 21, 2011
Accepted:
October 7,
2011
Received:
June 3,
2011
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