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A rare presentation of metastatic prostate cancer, initially a suspect for urothelial cell carcinoma of the ureter: a case report.

Ho Seok ChungMyung Soo KimYang Hyun ChoEu Chang HwangSeung Il JungTaek Won KangDong Deuk KwonSuk Hee HeoChan Choi
Published in: BMC urology (2017)
Although rare and the mechanistic link between prostate cancer and distant ureteral metastasis has not been clarified on a clinical basis, this would be included in the differential diagnosis of ureteral lesions in patients with a history of prostate cancer. It is important to recognize this unusual manifestation so that timely appropriate treatment can be initiated.
Keyphrases
  • prostate cancer
  • radical prostatectomy
  • small cell lung cancer
  • lymph node
  • high grade
  • case report