A case of primary lymphoma of the bladder managed with multimodal therapy.
BACKGROUND
A 65-year-old female patient presented to a urology department with macroscopic hematuria, dysuria, urinary frequency and urgency. One year previously, she had visited a urologist because of a 1-month history of hematuria, dysuria, urinary frequency and urgency. She had subsequently undergone successful, simultaneous surgeries for resection of a basal cell carcinoma of the nasal skin and lymphoma of the bladder.


METHODS
Physical examination, measurement of serum urea, creatinine and electrolyte levels, peripheral blood film evaluation, ultrasonography, intravenous pyelography, abdominal, thoracic and pelvic CT, bone marrow aspiration and biopsy, cystoscopy and pathologic examination.


METHODS
Primary lymphoma of the bladder.


RESULTS
Transurethral resection, chemotherapy, radiotherapy and follow-up comprising cystoscopy, biopsy, CT imaging and immunocytologic analyses of urine samples.
Horasanli
Kaya
K
Sisli Etfal Egitim ve Arastirma Hastanesi, 2 Uroloji Klinigi, Sisli 34360, Istanbul, Turkey. khorasanli@gmail.com
Kadihasanoglu
Mustafa
M
Aksakal
Oznur Tas
OT
Ozagari
Aysim
A
Miroglu
Cengiz
C
D000368:Aged; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D019468:Disease Management; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*
D000970:Antineoplastic Agents