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. 2012:2012:656023.
doi: 10.1155/2012/656023. Epub 2011 Sep 7.

A rare location of metastasis from prostate cancer: hydronephrosis associated with ureteral metastasis

Sebastian Schneider  1 , Dieter Popp, Stefan Denzinger, Wolfgang Otto
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A rare location of metastasis from prostate cancer: hydronephrosis associated with ureteral metastasis

Sebastian Schneider et al. Adv Urol. 2012.

Abstract

Prostate carcinoma is a very rare origin of metastatic disease in the ureter. We report a case of a 74-year-old man who presented in November 2008 initially with flank pain and lower urinary tract symptoms. Diagnostic investigation revealed a skeletal metastasizing prostate carcinoma, and the cause for the flank pain was a hydronephrosis due to ureteral metastasis diagnosed by biopsy. Antihormonal treatment led to disappearance of the hydronephrosis; however, further progress finally ended in acute liver failure with patient's death in July 2010.

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Figure 1
Retrograde pyelography showing an obstruction of the lower part of the right ureter.
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Figure 2
Computer tomography with hydronephrosis of the right kidney.
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Figure 3
Presentation of an intraluminal ureteral mass of the right upper urinary tract in computer tomography of the pelvis.
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