Malignant lymphoma of the ureter: A case report and literature review

Ni,Bei‑Wen; Zhong,Lu; Wang,Ting; Chen,Fang‑Yuan

doi:10.3892/etm.2014.1658

Malignant lymphoma of the ureter: A case report and literature review

Authors:
- Bei‑Wen Ni
- Lu Zhong
- Ting Wang
- Fang‑Yuan Chen
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Affiliations: Department of Hematology, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200125, P.R. China
Published online on: April 2, 2014 https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2014.1658
Pages: 1521-1524

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Abstract

A 38‑year‑old male was admitted to Renji Hospital (Shanghai, China) with the major complaint of back pain due to left hydronephrosis. Imaging analysis revealed an area of nodular soft‑tissue density in the left ureteral wall. The patient's left kidney was non‑functional. Thus, a left nephroureterectomy was performed for the purpose of pathological diagnosis, and histopathological examination revealed follicular lymphoma. The patient received R‑CHOP chemotherapy (rituximab, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine and prednisolone) every three weeks. Following six courses of chemotherapy, positron emission tomography‑computed tomography revealed that the patient was in complete remission. From this case we showed that in cases where a partial ureteral stenosis with ureteral wall thickening was observed by imaging analysis, further histological examination of tissue samples should be assigned as soon as possible.

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