Laparoscopic management of a transitional cell carcinoma arising in a right ectopic ureter

Int J Urol. 2006 Mar;13(3):287-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2006.01289.x.

Abstract

Ectopic ureter is a rare abnormality, so presenting a transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) arising from an ectopic ureter is extremely rare. We report here a case of a man with an invasive transitional cell carcinoma arising from a right ectopic ureter and managed by laparoscopy. To our knowledge, this is the fourth case described in the literature, and the second case of a TCC arising in a right ectopic ureter.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / diagnostic imaging
  • Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / pathology
  • Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / surgery*
  • Cystoscopy
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Laparoscopy*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Nephrectomy / methods*
  • Prostatectomy / methods
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Ureter / abnormalities*
  • Ureter / diagnostic imaging
  • Ureter / surgery
  • Ureteral Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Ureteral Neoplasms / pathology
  • Ureteral Neoplasms / surgery*