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DOI: 10.24075/brsmu.2026.055
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CLINICAL CASE

Delayed ureteral metastasis from prostate cancer mimicking urothelial carcinoma

Tkachenko VV1 , Vorobyeva PE1 , Mosnaya AI1 , Khachatryan KA1 , Chnavayan DV1 , Chikun SV2 , Zaynullina RF2 , Kirsanova PV1 , Moiseeva AD1
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1 Kuban State Medical University, Krasnodar, Russia

2 Rostov State Medical University, Rostov-on-Don, Russia

Correspondence should be addressed: Polina Evgenievna Vorobyeva
ul. Sadovaya, 159, Krasnodar, 350002, Russia; ur.liam@ve_anilopaveiborov

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Author contribution: Vorobyeva PE, Kirsanova PV, Tkachenko VV, Mosnaya AI — literature analysis, article authoring; Khachatryan KA, Chnavayan DV, Zaynullina RF — data processing, literature analysis, article authoring; Chikun SV, Moiseeva AD — article editing.

Compliance with ethical standards: all participants or their legal representatives provided written informed consent to participate in the study.

Received: 2026-08-25 Accepted: 2026-09-27 Published online: 2026-10-08
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