A 41-Year-Old male with multifocal “grape-like” ureteral carcinoma involving nearly the entire ureter: a case report and management discussion
Ureteral carcinoma, a rare malignancy typically presenting as a solitary ureteral lesion. Early diagnosis is challenging due to nonspecific clinical symptoms and subtle radiographic findings. We describe a 41-year-old male with an unusually extensive ureteral tumor that nearly occupied the full length of the right ureter. Multi-regional genomic sequencing demonstrated a branched evolutionary pattern and a complex mutational landscape.
Authors
- Changming Dong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7458-8095)
- Ning Liang
- Hao Xie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9640-4055)
- Wei Lv (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1632-3571)
- Huawei Tao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9194-0297)
- Jiahao Guo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6054-403X)
- Tianxi Yu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-2335-2964)
- Chunhua Lin
- Shuang Wu
- Yue Li
Institutions
- Qingdao University (CN)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- Yuhuangding Hospital (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Urology
- Published
- 2026-02-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12894-026-02073-w
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 39.15