Open AccessCase report and review of the literature: Rectal linitis plastica secondary to the lipoid cell variant of transitional cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder
Author(s) -
Victor McPherson,
Michael Ott,
Edward Tweedie,
Jonathan I. Izawa
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
canadian urological association journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.477
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1920-1214
pISSN - 1911-6470
DOI - 10.5489/cuaj.110
Subject(s) - linitis plastica , medicine , transitional cell carcinoma , urinary bladder , rectum , rare disease , pathology , transitional cell , gastroenterology , carcinoma , oncology , disease , cancer , bladder cancer
The overall 5-year survival of patients with urothelial carcinoma of the bladder (UC) is about 78%; however, there are some rare subtypes. One of these is the lipoid cell subtype, which bears a very poor prognosis. Another rare disease entity with a poor prognosis is metastasis to the lower gastrointestinal tract in the form of secondary linitis plastica of the rectum. We describe an extremely rare and unique case of rectal linitis plastica secondary to the rare lipoid cell variant of UC.