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Common sites of metastasis are the lungs, bones, lymph nodes, liver, adrenals and brain, but all organs can be affected. Contralateral ureteral metastasis is a rare phenomenon, and only a few cases have been reported in the literature.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Case presentation<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>We present the case of a 58-year-old Caucasian patient with a single contralateral ureteral metastasis of a clear cell renal carcinoma.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>Ureteral metastasis of clear cell renal carcinoma is very rare, and there is no well-established treatment. For patients with low metastatic spread\/volume, the aim should be to preserve kidney function, and thus metastasectomy should be considered.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/s13256-021-02839-w","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,5,29]],"date-time":"2021-05-29T23:04:54Z","timestamp":1622329494000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Clear cell renal cancer metastasis in the contralateral ureter: a case report"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"15","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7537-2763","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Julien","family":"Blanc","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Beat","family":"Roth","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,5,30]]},"reference":[{"key":"2839_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"913","DOI":"10.1016\/j.eururo.2015.01.005","volume":"67","author":"B Ljungberg","year":"2015","unstructured":"Ljungberg B, Bensalah K, Canfield S, Dabestani S, Hofmann F, Hora M, et al. 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