title: [A rare form of urinary bladder cancer metastasis to lung].
abstract: Sixty-seven year old male patient has attended with cough and sputum complaint. He had been operated because of transitional cell urinary bladder carcinoma four years ago. He had previous medical history of pulmonary tuberculosis 27 years ago. In chest X-ray, multiple cavitary appearances were present. In computerized tomography (CT) of the thorax, bilateral multiple cavities were seen. Sputum smear examinations for acido resistant bacilli (ARB) were negative for nine times. CT guided fine needle aspiration biopsy was performed and he was diagnosed as "pulmonary metastasis of transitional cell urinary bladder cancer". This patient is presented because of the interesting radiological appearance and rare presentation of the case.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chest Diseases, Atatürk Chest Diseases and Chest Surgery Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Filiz
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cimen
authors.forename: Dilek
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Saka
authors.forename: Didem
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dayioğlu
authors.forename: Funda
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Demirağ
authors.forename: Hakan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ertürk
authors.forename: Mihriban
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Oğretensoy
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002295:Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary*; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*