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Axial view of contrast-enhanced computed tomography scans revealing a left renal tumor.
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Computed tomography (CT) confirmed the diagnosis (Figure 1).
Coronal view of computed tomography scans revealing a prominent soft tissue at the left ureterovesical junction. The middle and lower third parts of her residual ureter were dilated.
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The middle and lower third parts of her residual left ureter were dilated (Figure 2).
The Cox-2 gene expression level was checked in patients with calcium nephrolithiasis (patients 1 and 2) or with a urothelial carcinoma of the ureteral stump (patient 3).
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Real-time polymerase chain reaction experiments indicated that a high level of expression of the Cox-2 gene was seen in our patient with the urothelial carcinoma of the ureteral stump (Figure 3).