[A rare form of urinary bladder cancer metastasis to lung].
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.
Cimen
Filiz
F
Department of Chest Diseases, Atatürk Chest Diseases and Chest Surgery Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
Saka
Dilek
D
Dayioğlu
Didem
D
Demirağ
Funda
F
Ertürk
Hakan
H
Oğretensoy
Mihriban
M
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*