A Case of Bladder Cancer Found during a Workup for Urge Incontinence. |
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Yun Seob Song, Kyu Hyung Cho, Keun Woo Kim, Jong Hyun Yoon, Seung Hwan Doo, Won Jae Yang, Joo Young Cho, Dong Wha Lee |
1Department of Urology, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. yssong@hosp.sch.ac.kr 2Department of Gastroenterology, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. 3Department of Pathology, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. |
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ABSTRACT |
Irritative urinary symptoms may suggest the possibility of bladder cancer. We report a case of metastatic bladder cancer that was discovered during a workup for urge incontinence in a 65-year-old woman with a history of stomach cancer. She had a medical history of gastrectomy due to stomach cancer 4 years previously. The patient complained of urgency unresponsive to anticholinergic therapy.
Cystoscopy revealed the presence of suspicious bladder mucosal lesions that were biopsied. The pathology was consistent with metastatic signet-ring cell adenocarcinoma.
This case suggests that irritative urinary symptoms can be the first clinical manifestation in patients with bladder cancer. |
Keywords:
Urge incontinence; Bladder cancer; Stomach cancer |
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