Prostate cancer is very frequent, but secondary ureteral metastasis are extremely rare.We present a 55 year Lord of the Rings old man with a 2 month history of right flank pain and lower urinary tract symptoms.Prostatic specific antigen of 11.
3 ng/mL.Computed tomography showed right hydroureteronephrosis, a developing urinoma and right iliac Backrests adenopathies.He underwent right ureteronephrectomy, iliac lymphadenectomy and prostate biopsy.
Pathology revealed prostatic carcinoma infiltrating the ureteral muscularis propria, without mucosal involvement.There are 46 reported cases of prostate cancer with ureteral metastases.Ureteral metastasis are a rare cause of renal colic and need of a high index of suspicion.