[Case of multiple thin-walled cavitary pulmonary metastasis from bladder cancer].
A 71-year-old man was admitted to the urological section of our hospital because of hematuria. Cystoscopy revealed a bladder tumor. Transurethral resection of the bladder tumor (TUR-Bt) was performed. This tumor was diagnosed pathologically as bladder cancer (transitional cell carcinoma pT2). His chest computed tomogram showed multiple thin-walled cavitary nodules in both lungs. The pathological images of the specimen that was resected by video assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) showed transitional cell carcinoma. A diagnosis of pulmonary metastasis from bladder cancer was made. This is a rare case.
Takagi
Masamichi
M
Department of Respiratory Medicine, The Jikei University Kashiwa Hospital.
Saito
Keisuke
K
Yano
Heiichi
H
Tai
Hisakazu
H
Akiba
Tadashi
T
D000368:Aged; D002295:Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary*; D008297:Male; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery