Department of Surgical Oncology, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Micropapillary carcinoma of the bladder is an extremely aggressive variant of urothelial carcinoma. Radical cystectomy is the standard treatment for all patients, including those with nonmuscle-invasive disease. We present a patient diagnosed with clinical Stage T1 micropapillary carcinoma of the bladder who was found to have a 2-cm metastasis to the head of the pancreas. To our knowledge, this case represents the first report of a solitary metastatic urothelial carcinoma to the pancreas.
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Canter D, Simhan J, Smaldone MC, Lebed B, Tokar JL, Wu KN, Uzzo RG, Gustafson KS, Patchefsky AS, Plimack ER, Hoffman JP, Kutikov A. Are you the author?
Reference: Urology. 2011 Jul 1. Epub ahead of print.
doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2011.03.021
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PMID: 21723595
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