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Choroidal and cutaneous metastasis from urothelial carcinoma of the bladder after radical cystectomy: a case report and literature review.

Yozo MitsuiNaoko ArichiKeita InoueMiho HirakiShigenobu NakamuraTakeo HiraokaNoriyoshi IshikawaRiruke MaruyamaHiroaki YasumotoHiroaki Shiina
Published in: Case reports in urology (2014)
Bladder cancer is the second most common genitourinary malignancy and has variable metastatic potential; however, choroidal and cutaneous metastases are extremely rare. Generally, a patient with these uncommon metastases has a very poor prognosis. We present a bladder cancer patient with a visual disorder in the right eye and multiple nodules on head and lower abdomen that developed 17 months after a radical cystectomy. These symptoms were determined to be caused by choroidal and cutaneous metastasis of bladder cancer. Although two cycles of combination chemotherapy were performed, the patient died 5 months after diagnosis of multiple metastases.
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