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This article deals with the [[cut-up]] of '''nephroureterectomy''' specimens | This article deals with the '''nephroureterectomy grossing''', also the [[cut-up]] of '''nephroureterectomy''' specimens. These specimens include both a [[kidney]] and a [[ureter]]. | ||
''[[Total nephrectomy]]'' specimens (without the ureter) and ''[[partial nephrectomy]]'' specimens are dealt with separately. | ''[[Total nephrectomy]]'' specimens (without the ureter) and ''[[partial nephrectomy]]'' specimens are dealt with separately. | ||
==Introduction== | ==Introduction== | ||
Nephroureterectomies are done for [[urothelial carcinoma]] of the ureter and/or renal pelvis. | |||
The false positive/negative for tumour rate is reported as high as 2.9%.<ref name=pmid25408605>{{Cite journal | last1 = Hong | first1 = S. | last2 = Kwon | first2 = T. | last3 = You | first3 = D. | last4 = Jeong | first4 = IG. | last5 = Hong | first5 = B. | last6 = Hong | first6 = JH. | last7 = Ahn | first7 = H. | last8 = Kim | first8 = CS. | title = Incidence of benign results after laparoscopic radical nephroureterectomy. | journal = JSLS | volume = 18 | issue = 4 | pages = | month = Oct | year = 2014 | doi = 10.4293/JSLS.2014.00335 | PMID = 25408605 }}</ref> | The false positive/negative for tumour rate is reported as high as 2.9%.<ref name=pmid25408605>{{Cite journal | last1 = Hong | first1 = S. | last2 = Kwon | first2 = T. | last3 = You | first3 = D. | last4 = Jeong | first4 = IG. | last5 = Hong | first5 = B. | last6 = Hong | first6 = JH. | last7 = Ahn | first7 = H. | last8 = Kim | first8 = CS. | title = Incidence of benign results after laparoscopic radical nephroureterectomy. | journal = JSLS | volume = 18 | issue = 4 | pages = | month = Oct | year = 2014 | doi = 10.4293/JSLS.2014.00335 | PMID = 25408605 }}</ref> | ||