Non-muscle invasive bladder cancer with concomitant vaginal urothelial carcinoma: a case report and review of the literature.
A 74-year-old female was referred to our hospital for non-muscle invasive bladder tumors initially treated at another hospital. Preoperatively, computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated non-muscle invasive bladder tumors and a vaginal tumor. A second transurethral resection of the bladder tumors, transvaginal tumor resection, and systemic chemotherapy were performed. The histopathological appearances of both tumors were very similar and the diagnoses were urothelial carcinoma (UC). The pathogenesis of the vaginal UC was considered to be the primary UC or metastasis from the bladder UC. Vaginal UC is extremely rare and this is only the 15th report in the literature.
Kaneko
Gou
G
Department of Urology, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan.
Kikuchi
Eiji
E
Hasegawa
Masanori
M
Miyajima
Akira
A
Nakagawa
Ken
K
Kameyama
Kaori
K
Oya
Mototsugu
M
D000368:Aged; D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D011379:Prognosis; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013520:Urologic Surgical Procedures; D014625:Vaginal Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery