Open AccessCutaneous metastasis of transitional cell bladder carcinoma: A rare presentation and literature review
Author(s) -
Nikolaos S. Salemis,
Christos Gakis,
Andreas Zografidis,
Stavros Gourgiotis
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1482.82940
Subject(s) - medicine , transitional cell carcinoma , cystectomy , metastasis , urinary bladder , presentation (obstetrics) , rare disease , carcinoma , distant metastasis , disease , pathology , bladder cancer , urology , surgery , cancer
Cutaneous metastasis from transitional cell bladder carcinoma is a rare clinical entity associated with poor prognosis. We present a case of cutaneous metastasis arising from a transitional cell bladder carcinoma in a male patient who had undergone a radical cystectomy and bilateral ureterostomy 17 months previously. The cutaneous metastasis became evident 3 months before the manifestations of generalized recurrent disease. An awareness of this rare clinical entity and high index of suspicion is needed to rule out metastatic spread in patients with a previous history of transitional cell bladder carcinoma presenting with cutaneous nodules. Definitive diagnosis requires a histological confirmation, but prognosis is generally poor.