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Query: UMLS:C0403608 (ureter)
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A 72-year-old female patient presented to our clinic with the chief complaint of gross hematuria and urinary frequency on September 6, 1990. Cystoscopic examination revealed a thumb's head size nonpapillary tumor. The tumor was located adjacent to the orifice of the left ureter. Histological findings of the tumor by transurethral resection (TUR) indicated transitional cell carcinoma with partial signet ring cell carcinoma. No other malignant findings in any other organs including the gastrointestinal tract were noted. Total cystectomy was performed and Indiana pouch was constructed. Histopathological staging was pT1 N0 M0. The patient died of multiple metastasis of the signet ring cell carcinoma on June 22, 1992. This is the thirty-second case of signet ring cell carcinoma of urinary bladder reported in the medical literature in Japan. We investigated 19 alive or unknown cases as follow up and briefly discussed the treatment and outcome of the primary signet ring cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder. The outcome appeared to be somewhat better than previous reports. Total cystectomies were performed in 18 of the 32 cases (56.3%). As noted in past reports, the treatment of our patient consisted of total cystectomy. Twenty-two patients died of signet ring cell carcinoma. Recurrence to the pelvic area was observed in 18 of the 22 (81.8%) patients who died. Because of this high rate of recurrence, we recommend a thorough assessment of the pelvic area of the patients diagnosed with signet ring cell carcinoma of urinary bladder.
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PMID:[A case of primary signet ring cell carcinoma of urinary bladder]. 786 66

A 69-year-old man visited our hospital with a complaint of dysuria. Intravenous excretory urography, ultrasonography and CT scan showed a tumor at the base of the bladder and the prostate. Transrectal needle biopsy revealed signet ring cell carcinoma. Radical cystectomy and ileal conduit were performed, and a histological diagnosis was a primary signet ring cell carcinoma of the bladder. No recurrence or metastasis was found either on ultrasonography or CT scan at 26 months after the operation. He suddenly suffered from severe abdominal pain, and died of hypovolemic shock by ileus as a late complication of an ileal conduit at 27 months after the operation. An ileus with extensive necrosis of small intestine and cancer recurrence at the junction of the ureter and ileal conduit were observed at autopsy.
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PMID:[A case of ileus as a late complication of an ileal conduit in a patient with primary signet ring cell carcinoma of the bladder]. 1119 3

A 66-year-old man, with a history of gastric signet ring cell carcinoma, was admitted due to intermittent dull pain in the left lower abdomen for 3 months. Left ureteral obstruction with suspicious tumor encasement and hydronephrosis was found on imaging studies. Endoscopic ureteral biopsy revealed infiltrating high-grade urothelial carcinoma. As a result, he underwent left nephroureterectomy and bladder cuff excision. Unexpectedly, metastatic carcinoma of the left ureter from the stomach was the final diagnosis after comparison of the permanent sections of the two specimens. Unfortunately, acute disseminated intravascular coagulation developed and the patient died of disease complications 16 days after the operation, even with intensive care. The details of this rare condition are reported herein with a review of the medical literature.
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PMID:Postoperative disseminated intravascular coagulation in a patient with ureteral metastasis from gastric cancer. 1863 18