title: Metatarsal metastasis from transitional cell cancer of the urinary bladder.
abstract: Urinary bladder cancers can be grouped into three general categories: superficial, invasive and metastatic. Approximately 90% of malignant tumors of the urinary bladder are of epithelial origin and the majority of them are transitional cell carcinomas (TCC). Metastatic spread of urinary bladder cancers usually includes regional lymph nodes, the lung, the liver and the bones. The presence of metastasis tends to correlate with muscular wall invasion as often demonstrated at the initial diagnosis; consequently clinical bladder cancer represents a late phase of the disease. Although skeletal metastases of bladder cancers are rather common, they have been rarely described to occur in distal bones. For that reason, we report metatarsal metastasis from transitional cell cancer of the urinary bladder in a 59-year-old woman.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oncology and Radiotherapy, University Hospital Center Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia.
authors.forename: Marija
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Petković
authors.forename: Damir
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Muhvić
authors.forename: Gordana
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zamolo
authors.forename: Nives
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Jonjić
authors.forename: Elvira
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mustać
authors.forename: Ines
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Mrakovćić-Sutić
authors.forename: Irena
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Seili-Bekafigo
mesh_terms: D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D002295:Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008682:Metatarsal Bones; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*