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Case of the Week 380




What sign is depicted on this image?

  • 73 year-old with hematuria and pain



Retrograde urogram

1. Giblet sign
2. Egg-on-a-string sign
3. Goblet sign
4. Pencil-in-cup sign
5. Comet sign

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3. Goblet sign

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Goblet Sign

General Considerations

  • Transitional cell carcinoma accounts for 85-90% of all uroepithelial tumors
  • Exophytic, polypoid  papillary growth pattern most common
    • Attached to the mucosa by stalk
    • Non-papillary tumors less common
  • Most are solid with no characteristic gross findings
  • Location
    • Bladder is 30-50x more often the site of the tumor than ureter or renal pelvis (most common tumor of GU tract)
    • When it occurs in the ureter, it most commonly occurs in the lower 3rd

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