Case Report

Vol. 35 No. 4 (2009): Urology Research and Practice

Transitional cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder with skeletal muscle metastasis: a case report and review of the literature

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Ozan Efesoy
Erdem Akbay
Selahittin Çayan
Ayşe Polat
Murat Bozlu

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Metastasis to skeletal muscle from carcinoma of the bladder is extremely rare. In this report, we reviewed the literature and presented a 67-year-old man who had metastasis in left vastus medialis muscle three months after a radical cystectomy with ureterocutaneostomy operation due to invasive bladder carcinoma. Patient died at postoperative 7th month due to sepsis and metabolic problems.


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