Cutaneous and subcutaneous metastases from bladder carcinoma

Dirican A., Kucukzeybek Y., Somali I., Erten C., DEMİR L., Can A., ...Daha Fazla

WSPOLCZESNA ONKOLOGIA-CONTEMPORARY ONCOLOGY, cilt.16, sa.5, ss.451-452, 2012 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 16 Sayı: 5
  • Basım Tarihi: 2012
  • Doi Numarası: 10.5114/wo.2012.31779
  • Dergi Adı: WSPOLCZESNA ONKOLOGIA-CONTEMPORARY ONCOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.451-452
  • Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Cutaneous metastases of bladder carcinoma are very rare. The rate of cutaneous metastasis in urologic malignancies is 1.3% and this rate was found to be 0.84% for bladder carcinomas. Cutaneous metastasis of bladder carcinoma can be confused with cellulitis. This case report presents a 60-year-old patient operated on for bladder carcinoma and undergoing treatment for cellulitis because of erythematous lesions appearing in the suprapubic region in the early postoperative period. As there was no response to antibiotic treatment, skin biopsy was performed and cutaneous metastasis was diagnosed. Subsequently, chemotherapy with carboplatin and gemcitabine was started. The prognosis of bladder carcinoma with cutaneous metastasis has been reported to be poor.