title: [A case of sarcomatoid carcinoma of the urinary bladder with brain metastasis: a case report].
abstract: A 69-year-old female visited our hospital with a chief complaint of macroscopic hematuria. A non-papillary broad-based tumor was found by cystoscopy. Excretory urography and computerized tomography revealed a large invasive tumor in the left wall of the urinary bladder. The histopathological diagnosis of bladder tumor obtained by transuretheral resection (TUR-Bt) was a sarcomatoid carcinoma composed of a urothelial cell carcinoma. One month after TUR-Bt, abdominal wall metastases were found. Thus total 50Gy of irradiation therapy was performed. However brain metastasis was also found and she died 3 months after TUR-Bt.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Nagano Red Cross Hospital.
authors.forename: Yoshitomo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kobori
authors.forename: Tomohiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matsushita
authors.forename: Toshiyasu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Amano
authors.forename: Katsuro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takemae
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D002295:Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / Q000556:secondary*; D002296:Carcinosarcoma / Q000556:secondary*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000473:pathology; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*