Cutaneous metastases from squamous cell carcinoma of the ureter
Hui-Ling Ko1, Yuk-Wah Tsang, Kwan-Hwa Chi
1Department of Radiation Therapy and Oncology, Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan. komdms@yahoo.com.tw
Objective:
To present an extremely rare case of squamous cell carcinoma of the ureter with cutaneous metastases.
Clinical Presentation And Intervention:
A case is presented involving a 67-year-old woman presenting with a clinical history of squamous cell carcinoma of the ureter and who had undergone a nephro-ureterectomy with a bladder cuff excision in May 2004. The pathologic report showed squamous differentiation, as well as keratin pearl formation. A large regional cutaneous lesion on the chest wall was found in January 2006, and a biopsy showed metastatic malignant urothelial tumors consisting of squamous cell carcinomas.
Conclusion:
This report describes a case of cutaneous metastasis from a squamous cell carcinoma of the ureter that is extremely rare with a generally dismal prognosis.
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