[Small cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder with synchronous esophageal cancer and incidental lung cancer: a case report].
We present a case of triple primary cancers occurring synchronously in the urinary bladder, esophagus, and incidentally in the lung. A 65-year-old man with a chief complaint of gross hematuria was admitted to our hospital. Cystoscopy, computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed a non-papillary broad-based bladder tumor. Histological diagnosis was transitional cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder and he underwent one course of neoadjuvant chemotherapy (M-VAC) with the preoperative diagnosis of T3bN0M0. After one course of chemotherapy, chest CT, lymph node biopsy and esophagoscopy revealed squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus. He first underwent radiochemotherapy (total 70 Gy, CDDP 5 mg x 41, 5-FU 250 mg x 24) for esophageal cancer and achieved complete remission. Then, he underwent radiotherapy for a total of 60 Gy for bladder cancer. However, his general condition gradually became worse and he died from metastatic cancer. The autopsy proved that he died from multiple metastases of small cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder and incidentally squamous cell carcinoma of the lung was identified.
Tamura
K
K
Department of Urology, Kochi Medical School.
Inoue
K
K
Fukata
S
S
Kamada
M
M
Shuin
T
T
D000368:Aged; D018288:Carcinoma, Small Cell / Q000473:pathology*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology*; D002295:Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / Q000473:pathology*; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*