Metastasis to the ureter as the first manifestation of occult pulmonary adenocarcinoma. Case report and review of the literature

Aleksandra Ciarka; Filip Skowronek; Michal Kunc; Michał Bieńkowski; Rafał Pęksa

doi:10.5114/wo.2023.127087

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Contemporary Oncology/Współczesna Onkologia

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Case report

Metastasis to the ureter as the first manifestation of occult pulmonary adenocarcinoma. Case report and review of the literature

Aleksandra Ciarka

¹

,

Filip Skowronek

²

,

Michal Kunc

¹

,

Michał Bieńkowski

¹

,

Rafał Pęksa

¹

Department of Pathology, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
Student Scientific Circle, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland

Contemp Oncol (Pozn) 2023; 27 (1): 57–59

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/wo.2023.127087

Online publish date: 2023/04/28

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Lung cancer is a major epidemiological threat worldwide, which commonly metastasizes to distant sites. Often, the presence of metastasis is the first manifestation of lung cancer. Some of the most common sites for lung cancer metastasis are bones, adrenal glands, liver, brain, and lungs. However, metastases to unusual locations pose a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. We present a case of a 74-year-old woman in whom the first manifestation of lung cancer was metastasis to the right ureter. We also analyse the available literature on lung cancer metastases to the ureter, taking into account the possible mechanisms of their spread in the ureter.

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Metastasis to the ureter as the first manifestation of occult pulmonary adenocarcinoma. Case report and review of the literature

Aleksandra Ciarka 1 , Filip Skowronek 2 , Michal Kunc 1 , Michał Bieńkowski 1 , Rafał Pęksa 1

lung cancer, metastasis, ureter

Aleksandra Ciarka

¹

,

Filip Skowronek

²

,

Michal Kunc

¹

,

Michał Bieńkowski

¹

,

Rafał Pęksa

¹