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A 49-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital due to macroscopic hematuria. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography revealed left hydronephrosis, a tumor at her left ureter, pseudoaneurysm and ovarian cystoma. Prior to the operation, the tumorous lesion was considered as left ureteral cancer without metastasis (cT4N0M0; stage IV). Left nephroureterectomy was performed. After the surgery, pathological examination revealed that this lesion was extrinsic endometriosis originating from the ureter.We here report this case of ureteral endometriosis that presented with atypical clinical findings along with a review of the literature.
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We encountered two pedigrees of hereditary prostate cancer. In one family, the father and his two sons had prostate cancer, and in the other family, three brothers developed prostate cancer. The mean age of these six individuals at the first examination was 65.3 years. Two individuals had stage B disease; three individuals, stage D disease; and one individual, disease of unknown stage. Histopathologically, two, one, and three individuals had well-, moderately, and poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma, respectively. As of September 28,2000, five of the six individuals were still alive. In a search of the literature, these were found to be the seventh and eighth pedigrees in Japan that met the criteria of hereditary prostate cancer proposed by Carter and colleagues in 1993.