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Late-Onset Distant Metastatic Upper Urinary Tract Urothelial Carcinoma Mimicking Lung Adenocarcinoma

  • Lim, Jun-Hyeok (Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Inha University Hospital, Inha University School of Medicine) ;
  • Jeon, Sang Hoon (Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Inha University Hospital, Inha University School of Medicine) ;
  • Lee, Jeong Min (Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Inha University Hospital, Inha University School of Medicine) ;
  • Kim, Lucia (Department of Pathology, Inha University Hospital, Inha University School of Medicine) ;
  • Cho, Jae Hwa (Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Inha University Hospital, Inha University School of Medicine) ;
  • Ryu, Jeong-Seon (Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Inha University Hospital, Inha University School of Medicine) ;
  • Kwak, Seung Min (Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Inha University Hospital, Inha University School of Medicine) ;
  • Lee, Hong Lyeol (Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Inha University Hospital, Inha University School of Medicine) ;
  • Nam, Hae-Seong (Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Inha University Hospital, Inha University School of Medicine)
  • Received : 2012.12.05
  • Accepted : 2013.01.17
  • Published : 2013.07.30
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Abstract

Urothelial carcinomas (UCs) can occur in the upper urinary tract or lower urinary tract. Upper urinary tract urothelial carcinoma (UUT-UC) is relatively a rare disease and accounts for only about 5% of UC cases. Sporadic cases of late-onset metastasis, associated with UC of the bladder, have occasionally been reported. In contrast, no late-onset distant metastatic UUT-UC without local recurrence has, to the best of our knowledge, been reported in the English literature. We report an extremely rare case of distant metastatic UC, mimicking lung adenocarcinoma that originated from UUT-UC 12 years previously.

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