URETEROVESICAL CYSTS

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Ureterovesical cysts, cystic dilatations of the lower ureter or intravesical ballooning, a lesion, which in the precystoscopic days was considered more or less of an anatomicopathologic curio, is being more frequently observed and studied as time progresses. Until 1898 Englisch was able to collect but sixteen authentic cases, and Adrian, 1905, reported fifty-two cases collected from the literature. These observations were mostly necropsy findings or accidental discoveries during the course of vesical operations. Of the fifty-two cases which Adrian collected, only twelve were diagnosed correctly during life. Since the advent of the cystoscope and a more thorough training in the interpretation of cystoscopic pictures, this condition is becoming more generally recognized. The literature seems to show that these dilatations are more frequent in females than in males. Englisch in his series reports ten cases in females and six in males. It may occur at any age, some authors stating that

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