"Scalloping" of the Ureter

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THE RECENT ADVENT of newer radiologic techniques and diagnostic methods such as renal angiography and radioisotope renography have brought forth a resurgence of interest in the entity of renovascular hypertension. While these procedures have achieved a high degree of accuracy and have gained considerable popularity, it is the feeling of many that intravenous urography is, and shall remain, a basic tool in the diagnosis of renal artery disease. It is the purpose of this report to emphasize a new, little-known urographic sign of this disease, "scalloping" of the ureter. Report of a Case A 31-year-old white male airman was admitted to US Air Force Hospital Wright-Patterson on June 20, 1963, for evaluation of hypertension. Hypertension was first discovered in May, 1963, when his blood pressure went as high as 220/150 mm Hg. At this time the patient was given chlorthalidone (Hygroton) and guanethidine sulfate (Ismelin), but no significant depression of

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