title: [Metastatic linitis plastica of the bladder].
abstract: The adenocarcinoma is a rare istologic type of bladder cancer. A particular subset, the "signet ring cell carcinoma", can have the clinical expression of bladder linitis plastica. In the metastatic form this evenience is very rare and only two cases are reported in the literature. The Authors describe third case.
authors.affiliation: Divisione di Urologia, Ospedale M. Mellim, Azienda U.S.S.L., Chiari, Brescia.
authors.forename: G B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Signori
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Martino
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Monticelli
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mangiarini
mesh_terms: D018279:Carcinoma, Signet Ring Cell / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D008039:Linitis Plastica / Q000556:secondary*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*