Open AccessPrimary bladder amyloidosis mimicking bladder cancer complicated by bladder rupture: A case report
Author(s) -
Sibira Rayan M.,
Albakar Ahmed,
Younes Nagy,
Albozom Issam A.,
Al Rumaihi Khalid
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.5140
Subject(s) - medicine , amyloidosis , malignancy , bladder cancer , perforation , urinary bladder , cystoscopy , bladder neoplasm , carcinoma , radiology , urology , cancer , pathology , urinary system , materials science , punching , metallurgy
Amyloidosis is related to the extracellular deposition of abnormal protein fibrils in various tissues. It can be either localized to an organ or generalized, affecting multiple systems. Amyloidosis of the urinary bladder is a rare histopathological finding. It is clinically interesting that such cases' clinical, radiological, and even endoscopic presentation mimic urothelial carcinoma to a great extent. Here, we discuss a case of a 49‐year‐old gentleman who presented with frank painless hematuria. The patient was diagnosed with a bladder mass suspicious of malignancy depending on the clinical presentation aided by the cystoscopic and radiological evaluation. Histopathologic samples of the transurethral resection of the mass proved to be primary bladder amyloidosis. This case is of unique clinical interest in that it is the first case reported of bladder amyloidosis that is complicated by extraperitoneal bladder rupture post‐operatively. However, no immediate intraoperative perforation to the bladder wall during resection was evidenced.