title: Cavitary pulmonary metastases in transitional cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder.
abstract: About 4% of metastases to the lung eventually evolve into cavitary lesions. The origin of these lesions are squamous cell carcinomas in 69% of cases and adenocarcinomas in the rest. Lung metastases develop in 20% of patients with transitional cell carcinomas of the urinary bladder (TCB), usually as multiple nodules. The cavitation of these metastases is an unusual finding, and a review of the literature has revealed only 7 cases of cavitary metastatic lesions from TCB. We add 2 further cases with cavitary metastases and study their clinical and radiographic features, in comparison with those previously described in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiotherapy and Oncology, Valle Hebron Hospital, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rovirosa
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Salud
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Felip
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Capdevila
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Giralt
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bellmunt
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002295:Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*