title: Cutaneous and subcutaneous metastases from bladder carcinoma.
abstract: Cutaneous metastases of bladder carcinoma are very rare. The rate of cutaneous metastasis in urologic malignancies is 1.3% and this rate was found to be 0.84% for bladder carcinomas. Cutaneous metastasis of bladder carcinoma can be confused with cellulitis. This case report presents a 60-year-old patient operated on for bladder carcinoma and undergoing treatment for cellulitis because of erythematous lesions appearing in the suprapubic region in the early postoperative period. As there was no response to antibiotic treatment, skin biopsy was performed and cutaneous metastasis was diagnosed. Subsequently, chemotherapy with carboplatin and gemcitabine was started. The prognosis of bladder carcinoma with cutaneous metastasis has been reported to be poor.
authors.affiliation: Medical Oncology Clinic, Izmir Atatürk Training and Research Hospital, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ahmet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dirican
authors.forename: Yüksel
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Küçükzeybek
authors.forename: Ișιl
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Somalι
authors.forename: Ciğdem
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Erten
authors.forename: Lütfιye
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Demir
authors.forename: Alper
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Can
authors.forename: Ibrahim Vedat
authors.initials: IV
authors.lastname: Bayoğlu
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ermete
authors.forename: Ayșegül Aksoy
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Altιnboğa
authors.forename: Mustafa Oktay
authors.initials: MO
authors.lastname: Tarhan
keywords: bladder carcinoma; cellulitis; cutaneous and subcutaneous metastasis