Urothelial carcinoma in an ectopic ureter

Urology. 2010 Jan;75(1):69-70. doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2009.05.040. Epub 2009 Jul 22.

Abstract

We treated a 72-year-old man with a rare urothelial carcinoma arising in a left ectopic ureter with renal dysgenesis. By magnetic resonance imaging and transurethral resection, the patient was diagnosed with urothelial carcinoma arising from a left ectopic ureter draining from a dysgenetic kidney into the prostate urethra. We performed a left total nephroureterectomy with a radical prostatectomy. The distal ureter drained into the prostate. The surgical specimen showed a papillary tumor in the distal ureter. Histopathologic examination revealed G2 pT1 urothelial carcinoma of the ureter. Two years postoperatively, the patient is alive without recurrence.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / complications*
  • Choristoma / complications*
  • Humans
  • Kidney Diseases / complications*
  • Male
  • Ureter*
  • Ureteral Neoplasms / complications*