[Brain metastasis of bladder carcinoma after total cystectomy: a case report]

Hinyokika Kiyo. 2000 Nov;46(11):807-9.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

A 74-year-old woman underwent total cystectomy with ureterostomy on March 1993 on a diagnosis of advanced bladder cancer. The pathological diagnosis was transitional carcinoma grade 3, pT3a pN0 pV1, pL2. Two courses of adjuvant chemotherapy with CDDP and MTX were added. Three years and 3 months later, she began to suffer from amnesia and hemiparalysis on her left side. Brain MRI examination revealed a solid tumor, 4 x 4 x 3 cm in size, in the right frontal lobe of the cerebrum. No other metastatic lesions were found. She underwent surgical resection of the tumor and subsequent irradiation to right frontal lobe in the cerebrum. Pathological examination confirmed its origin of bladder cancer. She has been enjoying a disease-free life for 3 years with minimal neurological symptoms.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use
  • Brain Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Brain Neoplasms / surgery
  • Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / pathology
  • Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / secondary*
  • Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / surgery
  • Chemotherapy, Adjuvant
  • Cisplatin / administration & dosage
  • Cystectomy*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Methotrexate / administration & dosage
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Ureterostomy
  • Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / surgery

Substances

  • Cisplatin
  • Methotrexate