Primary small cell carcinoma of the ureter with hydronephrosis: A case report

Small cell carcinoma in the ureter is extremely rare, with few cases reported in the literature. The current report describes the case of a 63-year-old man who presented with right-side back pain. A mass was identified in the right ureter. A nephroureterectomy was performed. Subsequent microscopic e...

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Autores principales: Sato, Ryuta, Ishikawa, Takahiro, Imagawa, Masaharu, Yonemasu, Hirotoshi, Narimatsu, Takahiro, Murakami, Kan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2019
Materias:
Oncology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6938797/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31908961
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eucr.2019.101099
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Sumario:Small cell carcinoma in the ureter is extremely rare, with few cases reported in the literature. The current report describes the case of a 63-year-old man who presented with right-side back pain. A mass was identified in the right ureter. A nephroureterectomy was performed. Subsequent microscopic examination revealed that the mass comprised a monotonous population of small cells and that the carcinoma cells were positive for cluster of AE1/AE3 and synaptophysin. The tumor was diagnosed as a ureteral small cell carcinoma. Adjuvant chemotherapy was administered with 80 mg/m(2) intravenous cisplatin on day 1 and 100 mg/m(2) etoposide on days 1–3, every 21 days for 2 cycles. The patient has remained disease-free 6 months after surgery.

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