title: [Metastatic melanoma in upper urinary tract: three cases and literature review].
abstract: Melanoma is a slowly growing malignancy, with potential distant metastasis at various sites. In this article, we reported three original cases of melanoma metastases in the upper urinary tract, and we achieved a literature review. Symptoms are inconstant and non-specific (pain or haematuria). Nephroureterectomy is performed in the majority of cases. Even if this metastatic location remains uncommon, it should be timely detected in order to allow an appropriate management and to improve the prognostic of melanoma.
authors.affiliation: Service d'urologie, université Paris XI Paris-Sud, CHU Bicêtre, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France. cedric.lebacle@gmail.com
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lebacle
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pignot
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mateus
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bigot
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rocher
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ferlicot
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Patard
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006417:Hematuria / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D009392:Nephrectomy; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D014513:Ureter / Q000601:surgery; D014571:Urologic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery