[Ureteral cancer producing carbohydrate antigen 19-9: report of a case]

Hinyokika Kiyo. 1997 Sep;43(9):665-8.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

A case of a CA19-9-producing ureteral cancer is reported. A 58-year-old man presented with gross hematuria. Retrograde pyelography showed an irregular filling defect in the right ureter. The serum CA19-9 level was 932 U/ml (normal < 37). Right total nephroureterectomy was performed. The histological diagnosis was grade 3 transitional cell carcinoma. Immunohistochemical analysis showed CA19-9 to be expressed not only in the cancer cells but also in the normal transitional cell epithelium of the renal pelvis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Biomarkers, Tumor / blood*
  • CA-19-9 Antigen / blood*
  • Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / diagnosis*
  • Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / surgery
  • Humans
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Nephrectomy
  • Ureter / surgery
  • Ureteral Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Ureteral Neoplasms / surgery

Substances

  • Biomarkers, Tumor
  • CA-19-9 Antigen