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ArticleBMJ case reports2018

What are the odds? Prostate metastases to ureter and peritoneum.

Caren van Roekel, Trudy G N Jonges, Tycho M T W Lock

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Caren van RoekelDepartment of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1247-8103
Trudy G N JongesDepartment of Pathology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Tycho M T W LockDepartment of Urology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Utrecht University · NL

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In patients with prostate cancer, metastases mostly develop in bone, lung, liver, pleura and adrenal glands. Prostate carcinoma metastases to the ureter are very rare, and the peritoneum is an even rarer site of prostate metastases. We present two cases of ureteral metastases of prostate cancer, of which one patient also developed malignant ascites and peritoneal metastases. An overview of the literature on these metastatic sites is also provided. Both patients presented with hydronephrosis and a ureteral mass. Biopsies of the masses were taken, which showed the presence of prostate carcinoma metastases. The first patient was treated with chemotherapy but was diagnosed with progressive disease and died 3 years later. The second patient was diagnosed with pathology-confirmed peritoneal metastases 8 months later. He died 2 years after presentation with hydronephrosis.

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AgedHumansMalePeritoneal NeoplasmsProstate-Specific AntigenProstatic NeoplasmsTomography, X-Ray ComputedUreteral NeoplasmsUreteral ObstructionProstate-Specific Antigencancer interventionprostate cancerurological cancer

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PMID30115721
PMCPMC6101322
OpenAlexW2886243906

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