Adenocarcinoma of the ureteral stump is a very rare malignancy. About the clinic and pathologic characterization, there is no an established reference due to the short number of previous reports. Clinical presentation may include previous nephrectomy, flank pain, dysuria, urgency and/or gross hematuria. It seem necessary the complete resection of the urinary tract when a nephrectomy is performed. Adjuvant chemotherapy can be employed with uncertain results.
Migraine‐like associated with chest pain is an alarming association and forces us to rule out the presence of a secondary cause. That must be taken into account in the differential diagnosis of craniofacial hemicranial pain that appears in patients with no personal history of headache, and risk factors for the development of pulmonary neoplasia.
E l adenocarcinoma del tracto urinario es un tumor muy poco habitual y a menudo relacionado con tumores primarios con asiento en otro punto del tracto genitourinario o fuera de este. El adenocarcinoma primario del tracto superior es aún menos frecuente. Son tumores que tienen mal pronóstico. Los datos que nos pueden hacer sospechar una enfermedad originada en un remanente ureteral son una nefrectomía previa asociada a síndrome miccional, fiebre y/o dolor en flanco. CASO CLÍNICO Un varón de 52 años acude a nuestro centro con fiebre, dolor en flanco derecho, polaquiuria y dispepsia gástrica. Desde hace dos años el paciente presenta ocasionalmente esta sintomatología desde que se le realizó una nefrectomía simple por una pielonefritis crónica sintomática. No tenía otros antecedentes de interés. El paciente presentaba una hidronefrosis derecha secundaria a una litiasis en la unión pieloureteral. Antes de la nefrectomía se le 691
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