Transitional Cell Carcinoma
Transitional cell carcinoma occurs in an ectopic ureter
Published in Cancer Weekly, June 10th, 2003
"We experienced an 82-year-old man with transitional cell carcinoma in an ectopic ureter draining into the prostatic urethra," investigators in Japan report.
"Carcinoma arising from an ectopic ureter is very rare and a differential diagnosis is difficult," wrote S. Narita and colleagues, Akita University, School of Medicine.
The researchers concluded: "To our knowledge, our case is the third male case reported in the literature."
Narita and colleagues published their study in the International Journal of Urology (Transitional cell carcinoma in an...
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