Cutaneous metastases from squamous cell carcinoma of the ureter.
OBJECTIVE
To present an extremely rare case of squamous cell carcinoma of the ureter with cutaneous metastases.


METHODS
A case is presented involving a 67-year-old woman presenting with a clinical history of squamous cell carcinoma of the ureter and who had undergone a nephro-ureterectomy with a bladder cuff excision in May 2004. The pathologic report showed squamous differentiation, as well as keratin pearl formation. A large regional cutaneous lesion on the chest wall was found in January 2006, and a biopsy showed metastatic malignant urothelial tumors consisting of squamous cell carcinomas.


CONCLUSIONS
This report describes a case of cutaneous metastasis from a squamous cell carcinoma of the ureter that is extremely rare with a generally dismal prognosis.
Ko
Hui-Ling
HL
Department of Radiation Therapy and Oncology, Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan. komdms@yahoo.com.tw
Tsang
Yuk-Wah
YW
Chi
Kwan-Hwa
KH
D000368:Aged; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000556:secondary*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D014516:Ureteral Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*