title: Large bowel obstruction resulting from bladder transitional cell carcinoma metastasis: a common cancer presenting in an uncommon manner.
abstract: Transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) and large bowel obstructions are both common disease processes typically considered unrelated. Presented below is the case of a 49-year-old male with a large bowel obstruction caused by a bladder TCC metastasis. One year prior to large bowel obstruction presentation, the patient had a T2, Grade III TCC of the bladder with no nodal involvement or metastasis, which was removed via radical cystoprostatectomy. This case serves as a reminder that cancer, despite common pathogenesis patterns, can present in atypical ways.
authors.affiliation: Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine, Spartanburg, SC, USA mrohloff@carolinas.vcom.edu.
authors.forename: Matthew
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rohloff
authors.affiliation: The Regional Medical Center, Orangeburg, SC, USA.
authors.forename: Todd
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: VandenBerg
authors.affiliation: The Regional Medical Center, Orangeburg, SC, USA.
authors.forename: Terry
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: MacMath