[Ureteral cancer producing carbohydrate antigen 19-9: report of a case].
A case of a CA19-9-producing ureteral cancer is reported. A 58-year-old man presented with gross hematuria. Retrograde pyelography showed an irregular filling defect in the right ureter. The serum CA19-9 level was 932 U/ml (normal < 37). Right total nephroureterectomy was performed. The histological diagnosis was grade 3 transitional cell carcinoma. Immunohistochemical analysis showed CA19-9 to be expressed not only in the cancer cells but also in the normal transitional cell epithelium of the renal pelvis.
Segawa
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N
Department of the Urology, Osaka Medical College.
Yamamoto
K
K
Watsuji
T
T
Suzuki
T
T
Ueda
H
H
Katsuoka
Y
Y
D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000097:blood*; D018395:CA-19-9 Antigen / Q000097:blood*; D002295:Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009392:Nephrectomy; D014513:Ureter / Q000601:surgery; D014516:Ureteral Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery
D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D018395:CA-19-9 Antigen