[Case of rapidly progressed pulmonary metastases of superficial bladder cancer]

Nihon Kokyuki Gakkai Zasshi. 2008 Jun;46(6):501-4.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

The patient was a 95-year-old-man admitted to the urological section of our hospital because of hematuria. Transurethral resection of the bladder tumor (TUR-Bt) was performed. This tumor was diagnosed pathologically as bladder cancer (transitional cell carcinoma Grade 3 pT1). After 8 months, local reccurence was seen and TUR-Bt was performed. (pTa). After 1 month, his chest radiograph and computed tomogram showed a mass shadow in the left upper lung field. Cystoscopy did not reveal a local reccurence. The patient's condition worsened, and he died of respiratory failure after about 1 month. At autopsy, pathologic studies of the lung tumor revealed transitional cell carcinoma, and local recurrence was not seen. We report a rare case of pulmonary metastases from superficial bladder cancer without local reccurence.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / diagnosis
  • Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / pathology*
  • Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / secondary*
  • Disease Progression
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Lung Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Lung Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Male
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local
  • Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / pathology*