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Disease involvement of the urinary collecting system in the course of neoplastic disease is a common occurrence, especially in patients with advanced pelvic malignancies [1]. Cancer of the cervix, prostate, breast, bladder, colon and rectum, and of the lymphoid system often cause urinary obstruction by direct extension or compression [2, 3]. On the other hand, post-therapeutic retroperitoneal fibrosis may be expected in patients undergoing surgery, radiation or combined surgery and radiation procedures on the pelvic area [4]. Therefore, when ureteral obstruction occurs in patients with known malignancy, it is important to establish the presence of pre-existing, recurrent or metastatic tumours before ascribing the effects to radiation or surgery. In such cases cytological diagnosis can be helpful since diagnostic imaging is often inconclusive [5].
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Luciani, L., Scappini, P., Pusiol, T., Piscioli, F. (1988). Periureteral Aspiration Cytology in the Study of Ureteral Stenoses in Patients with Known Malignancy. In: Luciani, L., Piscioli, F. (eds) Aspiration Cytology in the Staging of Urological Cancer. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-1452-9_39
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