Solitary cerebral metastasis from transitional cell carcinoma of the urinary tract.
We present a patient with a solitary cerebral metastasis from a transitional cell carcinoma of the right renal pelvis in the right occipital lobe with intratumoral hemorrhage. Despite aggressive multimodality management the patient died within 3 months of presentation due to widespread systemic disease.
Turgut
Mehmet
M
Department of Neurosurgery, Adnan Menderes University School of Medicine, Aydin, Turkey. drmturgut@yahoo.com
Akyüz
Orhan
O
Kaçar
Firüzan
F
D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D002295:Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*