Rare Tumors (Mar 2011)

Metastatic primary adenocarcinoma of the bladder in a twenty-five years old woman

  • Massimo Valerio,
  • Benoit Lhermitte,
  • Jean Bauer,
  • Patrice Jichlinski

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4081/rt.2011.e9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 3

Abstract

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Primary adenocarcinoma of the bladder is a rare tumor. The classification between primary vesical and urachal is debated. We present the case of a young female who presented clinicopathological features of a metastatic urachal adenocarcinoma, but the histological result revealed primary adenocarcinoma of the bladder contrary to expectancy. To the best of our knowledge this is the first reported case of a metastatic adenocarcinoma of the bladder in a 25 years old female. This case emphasizes the challenge for urologists to recognize and manage this aggressive tumor in the setting described.