title: Choroid plexus metastasis from carcinoma of the bladder: case report and review of the literature.
abstract: We present here a case report of a 40-year old male with adenocarcinoma of the bladder and solitary metastasis to the choroid plexus of the right lateral ventricle. This is the first such report of such a metastasis in association with bladder carcinoma. Systemic metastases frequently occur in patients with carcinoma of the bladder but involvement of central nervous system is relatively uncommon: less than 1% of patients with carcinoma of the bladder present an intracerebral metastasis. In the majority of cases there are either multiple CNS metastases or other distant metastases. A few cases present with solitary metastases to the CNS without evidence of recurrent or disseminated disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurological Sciences, Neurosurgery La Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. qashorad@internetcafe.it
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Qasho
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Tommaso
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rocchi
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Simi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Delfini
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D000328:Adult; D016545:Choroid Plexus Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D020547:Lateral Ventricles; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*