Metastatic Colorectal Adenocarcinoma in a Bifid Ureter

Background: Secondary malignancies of the ureter are uncommon. We report the diagnosis and management of metastatic colon cancer to the bifurcation of a bifid ureter. Case Presentation: A 59-year-old man presented with diffuse metastasis with right hydronephrosis in both renal moieties of a partiall...

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Autores principales: Gopal, Nikhil, Stern, Michael, Patel, Neel H., Matthews, Gerald, Eshghi, Majid
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers 2019
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6461055/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30989122
http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/cren.2018.0100
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author Gopal, Nikhil
Stern, Michael
Patel, Neel H.
Matthews, Gerald
Eshghi, Majid
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Patel, Neel H.
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description Background: Secondary malignancies of the ureter are uncommon. We report the diagnosis and management of metastatic colon cancer to the bifurcation of a bifid ureter. Case Presentation: A 59-year-old man presented with diffuse metastasis with right hydronephrosis in both renal moieties of a partially duplicated system and an enhancing lesion within the proximal common ureter. Ureteral biopsy was positive for colorectal adenocarcinoma. The patient was subsequently started on palliative chemoradiation. Conclusion: The ureter is a rare location for hematogenous/lymphatic metastases. When a ureteral mass is present on imaging, ureteroscopy should be performed to characterize the extent of tumor and to rule out secondary malignancy.
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spelling pubmed-64610552019-04-15 Metastatic Colorectal Adenocarcinoma in a Bifid Ureter Gopal, Nikhil Stern, Michael Patel, Neel H. Matthews, Gerald Eshghi, Majid J Endourol Case Rep Case Reports Background: Secondary malignancies of the ureter are uncommon. We report the diagnosis and management of metastatic colon cancer to the bifurcation of a bifid ureter. Case Presentation: A 59-year-old man presented with diffuse metastasis with right hydronephrosis in both renal moieties of a partially duplicated system and an enhancing lesion within the proximal common ureter. Ureteral biopsy was positive for colorectal adenocarcinoma. The patient was subsequently started on palliative chemoradiation. Conclusion: The ureter is a rare location for hematogenous/lymphatic metastases. When a ureteral mass is present on imaging, ureteroscopy should be performed to characterize the extent of tumor and to rule out secondary malignancy. Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers 2019-03-18 /pmc/articles/PMC6461055/ /pubmed/30989122 http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/cren.2018.0100 Text en © Nikhil Gopal et al. 2019; Published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. This Open Access article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short Metastatic Colorectal Adenocarcinoma in a Bifid Ureter
title_sort metastatic colorectal adenocarcinoma in a bifid ureter
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6461055/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30989122
http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/cren.2018.0100
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