Ectopic Prostatic Tissue May Cause Hydroureteronephrosis

Urology. 2016 Aug:94:e9-e10. doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2016.05.027. Epub 2016 May 26.

Abstract

A 60-year-old man with left flank pain, fever, and nausea underwent an abdominal ultrasound and showed left hydroureteronephrosis without urinary calculi. Computed tomography urography showed moderate left hydroureteronephrosis and a hypodense paravesical mass of 1.7 cm with mild contrast enhancement just below the ipsilateral ureterovesical junction. Contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging showed a 48 cc prostate and confirmed a roundish mass, protruding into the bladder, hyperintense on T2-weighted images, hypointense on T1-weighted images, and with mild inhomogeneous contrast enhancement. Cystoscopy with cold cup biopsy was carried out. Histologic analysis revealed the presence of ectopic prostatic tissue with no evidence of malignancy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Choristoma / complications*
  • Humans
  • Hydronephrosis / etiology*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Prostate*
  • Ureteral Diseases / etiology*
  • Urinary Bladder Diseases / complications*