Urinary bladder metastases from breast carcinoma

Cancer. 1980 Jul 1;46(1):229-32. doi: 10.1002/1097-0142(19800701)46:1<229::aid-cncr2820460138>3.0.co;2-o.

Abstract

Four patients with primary carcinoma of the breast metastatic to the urinary bladder are described. Hematuria was present in 3 of the 4 patients. Two of the 4 women had received steroidal drugs which may have a role in the development of this unusual metastasis. This complication developed no sooner than 32 months after diagnosis of malignant breast disease and occurred shortly before death in 2 of the patients. Bladder metastasis in women with a history of breast carcinoma may be more prevalent than has previously been suspected.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Antineoplastic Agents / administration & dosage
  • Breast Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Breast Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Breast Neoplasms / surgery
  • Hematuria / etiology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mastectomy
  • Middle Aged
  • Prognosis
  • Time Factors
  • Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / pathology
  • Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / urine

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents