A rare location of metastasis from prostate cancer: hydronephrosis associated with ureteral metastasis.

URN to cite this document:: urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-237839
DOI to cite this document:: 10.5283/epub.23783

Schneider, Sebastian ; Popp, Dieter ; Denzinger, Stefan ; Otto, Wolfgang

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Abstract

Prostate carcinoma is a very rare origin of metastatic disease in the ureter. We report a case of a 74-year-old man who presented in November 2008 initially with flank pain and lower urinary tract symptoms. Diagnostic investigation revealed a skeletal metastasizing prostate carcinoma, and the cause for the flank pain was a hydronephrosis due to ureteral metastasis diagnosed by biopsy. ...