Squamous cell carcinoma arising from suprapubic cystotomy site without bladder involvement.
We report on an eighty-year-old Haitian man with a suprapubic mass of seven months duration after five years of urinary diversion for urethral stricture. Histologically the mass was a squamous cell carcinoma confined to the suprapubic tract without bladder involvement. We believe this is the first such case reported in the literature, and it stresses the need for close monitoring of patients with any type of long-term indwelling catheter.
Department of Urology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York.
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Choudhury
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Hernandez-Graulau
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011630:Pubic Bone; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000601:surgery*; D014547:Urinary Diversion / Q000009:adverse effects*