Naslov
Metatarsal metastasis from transitional cell cancer of the urinary bladder

Autori
Petković, Marija ; Muhvić, Damir ; Zamolo, Gordana ; Jonjić, Nives ; Mustać, Elvira ; Mrakovčić-Šutić, Ines ; Seili-Bekafigo, Irena

Izvornik
Collegium antropologicum (0350-6134) 28 (2004), 1; 337-341

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
karcinom mokraćnog mjehura; karcinom prijelaznih stanica; mokraćni mjehur; metatarzalna metastaza
(bladder cancer; transitional cell cancer; urinary bladder; metatarsal metastasis)

Sažetak
Urinary bladder cancers can be grouped into three general categories: superficial, invasive and metastatic. Approximately 90% of malignant tumors of the urinary bladder are of epithelial origin and the majority of them are transitional cell carcinomas (TCC). Metastatic spread of urinary bladder cancers usually includes regional lymph nodes, the lung, the liver and the bones. Presence of metastasis tends to correlate with muscular wall invasion as often demonstrated at the initial diagnosis ; consequently clinical bladder cancer represents a late phase of the disease. Although skeletal metastases of bladder cancers are rather common, they have been rarely described to occur in distal bones. For that reason, we report metatarsal metastasis from transitional cell cancer of the urinary bladder in a 59-year-old woman.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Kliničke medicinske znanosti

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