Renal cell carcinoma with a tumor thrombus in the ureter: A case report

Osamu Fujita; Koichiro Wada; Tomoya Yamasaki; Daisuke Manabe; Katsuji Takeda; Satoko Nakamura

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Renal cell carcinoma with a tumor thrombus in the ureter: A case report

Osamu Fujita, Koichiro Wada, Tomoya Yamasaki, Daisuke Manabe, Katsuji Takeda, Satoko Nakamura

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Background: Renal cell carcinoma (RCCs) is the most common malignancy of the kidney. When RCC progresses, it is known to form tumor thrombus in the renal vein and/or inferior vena cava. However, RCC does not normally form tumor thrombus in the ureter or renal pelvis. Case presentation. A 43-year-old man presented to our department for the treatment of a renal tumor with asymptomatic gross hematuria. In a dynamic CT study, contrast enhancement revealed a tumor suspected to be RCC, but atypical finding as a tumor thrombus that filled the renal pelvis and the whole ureter was also observed. Nephroureterectomy was performed, and the tumor was diagnosed histopathologically as RCC. Conclusion: We report here a very rare case of RCC with a tumor thrombus in the whole ureter.

Original language	English
Article number	16
Journal	BMC Urology
Volume	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2490-11-16
Publication status	Published - 2011
Externally published	Yes

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