Squamous cell carcinoma of the suprapubic cystostomy tract with bladder involvement

Korean J Urol. 2013 Sep;54(9):638-40. doi: 10.4111/kju.2013.54.9.638. Epub 2013 Sep 10.

Abstract

Herein we report a case of a squamous cell carcinoma of a well-healed suprapubic cystostomy tract scar involving the bladder mucosa in a 56-year-old man. He presented with a spontaneous suprapubic urinary leak from a suprapubic cystostomy tract scar. He had a history of urethral stricture and failed urethroplasty. Preoperative cystoscopy suggested a bladder mass. Transurethral biopsy of the bladder mass revealed a squamous cell carcinoma confined to the suprapubic cystostomy tract involving the bladder mucosa. The patient died 6 months after the start of radiation therapy after lung metastasis and pneumonia.

Keywords: Cystostomy; Squamous cell carcinoma; Urinary bladder neoplasms.