title: Urinary bladder metastases from breast carcinoma: review of the literature starting from a clinical case.
abstract: Bladder metastases from solid tumors are rare. Breast carcinoma cells seldom spread to the urinary bladder. We report the case of a patient with invasive breast carcinoma who developed a breast recurrence followed by bone and urinary bladder metastases. Starting from this clinical case we review the available literature on this issue. Only few cases of urinary bladder metastases from primary breast cancer have been reported, although the case reports have increased in recent years. Patients with breast cancer presenting with urinary symptoms should be examined for possible bladder metastases.
authors.affiliation: Division of Breast Surgery, European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy. giovanna.gatti@ieo.it
authors.forename: Giovanna
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gatti
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zurrida
authors.forename: Daniela
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gilardi
authors.forename: Guillermo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bassani
authors.forename: Gabriela Rosali
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: dos Santos
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Luini
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000556:secondary*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D017697:Premenopause; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*