Table 1.
English literature published series regarding distant ureteral metastases after primary colon adenocarcinoma.
| Author | Site of primary lesion (number of cases) | Age | Laterality | Symptom | Other sites of metastases | Segment of ureter involved | Ureteral infiltration | Time after diagnosis of colon cancer |
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| Presman and Ehrlich [2] | Colon (2) | NA† | NA | NA | NA | NA | Periureteral and/or transmural | NA |
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| Cohen et al. [3] | Colon (6) and rectum (1) | NA | NA | NA | Yes‡ | NA | Periureteral and/or transmural | NA |
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| MacLean and Fowler [4] | Rectum (2) | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | Transmural | NA |
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| Fitch et al. [5] | Rectum (1) | 51 | Right | Abdominal pain | No | Middle 1/3 | Transmural | 2 years |
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| Richie et al. [6] | Colorectal (7)‡ | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
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| Williams and Chaffey [7] | Sigmoid (1) | 69 | Bilateral | Anuria-uraemia | Peritoneal, liver and lung nodules, omentum, and bowel implants | Right lower 1/3 Left middle 1/3 |
Transmural-mucosal | 4 years |
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| Brotherus and Westerlund [8] | Rectum (1) | 70 | Bilateral | Anuria | Skin metastasis around the colostomy | Right lower 1/3 Left lower 1/3 |
Transmural | 2 years |
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| Fazeli-Matin et al. [9] | Rectum (1) | 57 | Left | Sepsis | Mediastinal lymph nodes | Middle 1/3 | Transmural-mucosal | 3 years |
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| Dickson et al. [10] | Colon (1) | 78 | Left | No | No | NA | Transmural-mucosal | 4 years |
†Not Available.
‡Not Specified.