1. Inflammatory Diseases of the Ureter
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F. Joffre, T. Smayra, Nicolas Grenier, Ph. Otal, L. Bouchard, Patricia Chemla, and M. Mazerolles
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congenital, hereditary, and neonatal diseases and abnormalities ,Pathology ,medicine.medical_specialty ,business.industry ,Polyarteritis nodosa ,Inflammation ,medicine.disease ,digestive system diseases ,Hypotonia ,Ureter ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Edema ,medicine ,Thickening ,medicine.symptom ,business ,Renal pelvis ,Infiltration (medical) - Abstract
The ureter responds to inflammation with some common abnormalities: loss of contraction and hypotonia, mural thickening by edema and cell infiltration, ulceration, pseudo-diverticula, cystic degeneration, and desmoplastic reaction leading to narrowing and obstruction (Wasserman 1996).
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- 2003
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