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Primary tumor of the ureteral stump following a nephrectomy for renal cell carcinoma
Author(s) -
Suzuki Takehiro,
Tsuchiya Norihiko,
Otomo Ryou,
Kakinuma Hideaki,
Satoh Shigeru,
Sato Kazunari,
Ogawa Osamu,
Kato Tetsuro
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
international journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.172
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1442-2042
pISSN - 0919-8172
DOI - 10.1046/j.1442-2042.1999.06124.x
Subject(s) - medicine , nephrectomy , renal cell carcinoma , asymptomatic , papillary tumor , urology , surgery , carcinoma , ureter , cuff , kidney , radiology , pathology
Background: A 64‐year‐old man presented with asymptomatic macroscopic hematuria during a follow up for a localized renal cell carcinoma (RCC), which was treated by a right radical nephrectomy 6 years earlier. Methods: X‐rays and a ureteroscopic examination revealed multiple papillary tumors filling the right ureteral stump. Surgery was performed to excise the ureteral stump and bladder cuff. The tumor was histologically a grade 2–3 transitional cell carcinoma without muscle invasion. Results/Conclusions: Only four patients with a ureteral stump carcinoma, including the present case, have been reported after a nephrectomy for RCC. Considering that this patient had a past history of multiple cancers, genetic or environmental factors may have contributed to the etiology of the ureteral stump tumor.