Bhatta Dhar Nivedita, Angermeier Kenneth W, Streem Stevan B, Klein Eric A
Glickman Urological Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio 44195, USA.
Urology. 2004 Aug;64(2):377-8. doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2004.03.047.
Benign strictures of the ureter without known antecedent cause are rare. In the absence of prior instrumentation, infection, radiotherapy, or ureteral calculi, strictures intrinsic to the ureter are usually of malignant origin. We describe two recent cases of idiopathic ureteral strictures without evidence of malignancy.