An Unexpected Case of Small Cell Neuroendocrine Carcinoma of the Ureter

Annah Vollstedt, Cristina Taylor and Amichai Kilchevsky

Department of Urology, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, USA
Department of Urology, Concord Hospital, Concord, NH, USA

^*Correspondance to: Annah J. Vollstedt 

 PDF  Full Text DOI: 10.25107/2474-1647.1941

Abstract

With less than 30 cases reported in the literature, primary upper tract small cell neuroendocrine tumors are extremely rare. An 84-year-old woman with a history of ovarian carcinoma treated surgically and with adjuvant chemotherapy presents with right hydronephrosis discovered on surveillance imaging. Thought to be due to extrinsic compression, a ureteral stent was placed followed by routine exchanges until stent failure prompted ureteroscopy, which showed a mass in the mid ureter.

Keywords

Small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma; Upper tract

Cite the article

Vollstedt A, Taylor C, Kilchevsky A. An Unexpected Case of Small Cell Neuroendocrine Carcinoma of the Ureter. Clin Surg. 2018; 3: 1941.