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In the patient with hematuria, intravenous urography suggests primary ureteral tumors as the cause when the IVP shows either total unilateral nonvisualization, unexplained unilateral hydronephrosis or a ureteral defect without hydronephrosis.
The incompletely filled, but apparently normal, ureters can mask a small lesion causing hematuria even in teenage patients. This is especially important since an increasing incidence of genitourinary tumors, including primary ureteral tumors, has been reported.
Our experience with 21 previously unreported cases is summarized and compared with 1,000 previously reported cases of primary ureteral tumors.
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