[Bladder cancer in patients with spinal cord injury: report of two cases].
Two cases of bladder cancer in patients with spinal cord injury are reported. A 57-year-old paraplegic woman who had had an indwelling urethral catheter for 20 years visited our hospital with macroscopic hematuria. A bladder tumor was found endoscopically. A transurethral biopsy revealed a squamous cell carcinoma. She refused operation and received radiation therapy. The second case was in a 69-year-old paraplegic man on clean intermittent catheterization for 2 years presenting with a high grade fever. The diagnosis was a transitional cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder. Bilateral cutaneous ureterostomy was performed because of tumor invasion. He received radiation therapy but died of cancer 18 months after surgery.
Sugimoto
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Department of Urology, Kinki University School of Medicine.
Umekawa
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Park
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Kurita
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D000368:Aged; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D002295:Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D002408:Catheters, Indwelling / Q000009:adverse effects; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D014546:Urinary Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects