title: A rare location of metastasis from prostate cancer: hydronephrosis associated with ureteral metastasis.
abstract: Prostate carcinoma is a very rare origin of metastatic disease in the ureter. We report a case of a 74-year-old man who presented in November 2008 initially with flank pain and lower urinary tract symptoms. Diagnostic investigation revealed a skeletal metastasizing prostate carcinoma, and the cause for the flank pain was a hydronephrosis due to ureteral metastasis diagnosed by biopsy. Antihormonal treatment led to disappearance of the hydronephrosis; however, further progress finally ended in acute liver failure with patient's death in July 2010.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, St. Joseph's Mecial Center, University of Regensburg, Landshuter Straße 65, 93053 Regensburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Sebastian
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schneider
authors.forename: Dieter
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Popp
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Denzinger
authors.forename: Wolfgang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Otto