title: Cutaneous metastasis of transitional cell bladder carcinoma: a rare presentation and literature review.
abstract: Cutaneous metastasis from transitional cell bladder carcinoma is a rare clinical entity associated with poor prognosis. We present a case of cutaneous metastasis arising from a transitional cell bladder carcinoma in a male patient who had undergone a radical cystectomy and bilateral ureterostomy 17 months previously. The cutaneous metastasis became evident 3 months before the manifestations of generalized recurrent disease. An awareness of this rare clinical entity and high index of suspicion is needed to rule out metastatic spread in patients with a previous history of transitional cell bladder carcinoma presenting with cutaneous nodules. Definitive diagnosis requires a histological confirmation, but prognosis is generally poor.
authors.affiliation: 2nd Department of Surgery, Army General Hospital, Athens, Greece. nikos_salemis@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Nikolaos S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Salemis
authors.forename: Christos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gakis
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zografidis
authors.forename: Stavros
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gourgiotis
mesh_terms: D000008:Abdominal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D000368:Aged; D002295:Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery