title: Surgical management of bladder transitional cell carcinoma in a vesicular diverticulum: case report.
abstract: We report a case of primary transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) of a bladder diverticum along with a literature review. A 55-year-old male presented with painless gross hematuria. A histological diagnosis of TCC within a bladder diverticulum was made following cystoscopical examination. Initially transurethral resection of bladder tumour with subsequent intravesical chemotherapy followed. As a result of recurrence and in view of bladder-sparing therapy, a distal partial cystectomy was performed. This report demonstrates that conservative bladder-sparing treatment can be achieved and subsequently followed by vigilant cystoscopy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology and Transplantation, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
authors.forename: Omer A
authors.initials: OA
authors.lastname: Raheem
authors.forename: Behdad
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Besharatian
authors.forename: David P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Hickey