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Metastatic umbilical mass from transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder

Philippe E. Spiess¹, Wassim Kassouf¹, Khoday Tukaram¹, Indrojit Roy²

1 Department of Urology, Saint Mary’s Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
2 Department of Pathology, Saint Mary’s Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Address correspondence to Dr. Philippe E. Spiess, Department of Urology, The University of Texas M. D., Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd., Houston, Texas 77030 USA

Canadian Journal of Urology 2005, 12(5), 2856-2858.

Abstract

We present the case of an 83-year-old female presenting with an umbilical mass measuring 2 cm x 3 cm. This patient had an extensive prior history of transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder. A fine needle aspiration of this umbilical mass confirmed this to be metastatic transitional cell carcinoma and the diagnostic workup demonstrated the presence of invasive bladder cancer with metastatic liver lesions.

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