Metachronous ureteral metastasis of clear cell renal cell carcinoma in a duplex collecting system 1 year after nephrectomy

While renal cell carcinoma is known to metastasise in an unpredictable pattern, even after resection of a primary tumour, delayed ureteric metastasis is a very rarely reported phenomenon. In this case report, we describe a case of ipsilateral metachronous ureteric metastasis in a patient with a comp...

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Main Authors: Sankara Varun Bhoopathy, Yilu He, Steve McCombie, Shannon Fadaee, Stuart Adams, Mohan Arianayagam
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-09-01
Series:Urology Case Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214442020301029
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Summary:While renal cell carcinoma is known to metastasise in an unpredictable pattern, even after resection of a primary tumour, delayed ureteric metastasis is a very rarely reported phenomenon. In this case report, we describe a case of ipsilateral metachronous ureteric metastasis in a patient with a complete duplex collecting system. This case demonstrates some useful strategies in the diagnosis and treatment of renal cell carcinoma in this context. To our knowledge, this is the first case report of delayed ureteric metastasis of a renal clear cell carcinoma in a patient with a duplex collecting system.
ISSN:2214-4420