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Ganesh K Kartha1, Joseph Sanfrancesco2, Esther Udoji3, Hemant Chaparala4, Donna Hansel2, J Stephen Jones1.
Abstract
A 59-year-old man was diagnosed with urothelial carcinoma involving an isolated cerebellar metastasis after presenting to the emergency department for headache complaints. After selective surgical excision of the symptomatic brain lesion and delayed cystectomy due to intractable hematuria, he survived 11 years without evidence of recurrence or subsequent systemic chemotherapy. He eventually expired after delayed recurrence in the lung, supraclavicular lymph node, and brain. To our knowledge, this is the only case of prolonged survival from urothelial carcinoma after selective surgical extirpation of the primary and metastatic lesion without subsequent systemic chemotherapy.Entities:
Keywords: Bladder cancer; Cystectomy; Metastasis; Urothelial carcinoma
Year: 2015 PMID: 27222649 PMCID: PMC4857904 DOI: 10.3909/riu0643
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Rev Urol ISSN: 1523-6161