The importance of re-evaluation in patients with cystitis glandularis associated with pelvic lipomatosis: a case report

Urol Oncol. 2004 Sep-Oct;22(5):428-30. doi: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2004.04.034.

Abstract

Pelvic lipomatosis is a rare, proliferative disease involving an overgrowth of normal fat in the pelvic retroperitoneal space. Cystitis glandularis, cystitis cystica, or cystitis follicularis can be observed in 75% of patients with pelvic lipomatosis. We describe a 58-yr-old man with pelvic lipomatosis in whom adenocarcinoma of the bladder was diagnosed in the second transurethral resection of the bladder 1 month after the first operation. This proliferative disease can cause obstruction of the bladder drainage leading to a proliferative cystitis because of an altered environment rich in protein fluid. Because the association of this proliferative disease with adenocarcinoma of the bladder is frequent, we recommend close follow-up of these patients to detect the associated adenocarcinoma of the bladder.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / pathology*
  • Cystitis / etiology*
  • Humans
  • Lipomatosis / complications*
  • Lipomatosis / pathology*
  • Lipomatosis / surgery
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Ureteral Obstruction / etiology
  • Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / pathology*