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Abstract
Cancer or tumors of the URETER which may cause obstruction leading to hydroureter, HYDRONEPHROSIS, and PYELONEPHRITIS. HEMATURIA is a common symptom.
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- Neoplasms of Ureter
- Neoplasms, Ureteral
- Ureter Neoplasms
- Neoplasm, Ureteral
- Ureter Neoplasm
- Ureteral Neoplasm
- Cancer of Ureter
- Cancer of the Ureter
- Ureter Cancer
- Ureter, Cancer Of
- Ureteral Cancer
- Cancer, Ureteral
- Cancers, Ureteral
- Ureter Cancers
- Ureteral Cancers
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39 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings blood, blood supply, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, chemistry, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, secondary, surgery, therapy, ultrastructure, urine, veterinary, virology.
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Indexing Annotation
do not confuse with URETHRAL NEOPLASMS, especially in Romance language: see note on "ureteral" & "urethral" under URETERAL DISEASES; coordinate IM with histological type of neoplasm (IM)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Ureteral Neoplasms. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D014516. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D014516
- Ureteral Neoplasms. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ureteral_neoplasm
- Ureteral Neoplasms. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7900421