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Date Published: 07/12/2023
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.51298/vmj.v532i1B.7501
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Vol. 532 No. 1B (2023)
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Trần, Q. H., & Nguyễn, Đình B. (2023). METASTATIC MELANOMA IN THE URETER: A RARE CASE REPORT AND LITERATURE REVIEW. Vietnam Medical Journal, 532(1B). https://doi.org/10.51298/vmj.v532i1B.7501

METASTATIC MELANOMA IN THE URETER: A RARE CASE REPORT AND LITERATURE REVIEW

Quốc Hòa Trần1,2,, Đình Bắc Nguyễn1
1 Hanoi Medical University Hospital
2 HMU

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Abstract

Malignant melanoma is a malignant tumor originating from melanocytes. This is a highly aggressive cancer that can metastasize in the early stage of the disease. Melanoma can metastasize to any location on the body, but metastatic melanoma in the ureter is very rare. Therefore, information about this condition is very limited. We report a case of metastatic melanoma in the ureter which was diagnosed in our hospital. This patient had a history of surgery melanoma in the thorax 10 years ago. She was admitted to the hospital with symptoms of a renal colic. Computed tomography showed a hydronephrosis of right kidney due to tumors of ureter and other lesions in the liver. The patient underwent ureteroscopy and biopsy, which showed pathology results consitent with metastatic melanoma. The patient was then examined by an oncologist but did not receive other adjuvant therapies. We searched the literature for the period from 1968 to 2023, 8 cases of metastatic melanoma in the ureter were reported. The symptoms, diagostic modality and treatment approach were not the same. The majority of patients underwent surgery to remove metastatic lesion and combined with adjuvant therapy such as therapeutic targets, immunotherapies, chemotherapy and radiation therapy. Prognosis of metastatic melanoma in the ureter is very poor because it is often asociated with metastases to other organs at the same time or during subsequent follow up.

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: Malignant melanoma, metastasis in the ureter

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