Locally advanced paraganglioma of the urinary bladder: a case report

BMC Research Notes

Charles J Rosser²  Julio Hajdenberg¹  Adrienne Lawton³  Jonathan Beilan² 

[1] Section of Genitourinary Oncology, MD Anderson Cancer Center Orlando, Orlando, FL 32806, USA;College of Medicine, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32827, USA;Department of Pathology, Orlando Health/MD Anderson Cancer Center Orlando, Orlando, FL 32806, USA

关键词: Prognosis;    Diagnosis;    Treatment;    Bladder;    Paraganglioma;   

Others  :  1142888
DOI  :  10.1186/1756-0500-6-156

 received in 2012-10-26, accepted in 2013-04-11,  发布年份 2013

【 摘 要 】

Background

Paraganglioma of the urinary bladder is a rare tumor. Herein we sought to describe a case of locally advanced paraganglioma of the urinary bladder managed by partial cystectomy and extended pelvic lymph node dissection.

Case presentation

The case of a 43-year old Haitian male with locally advanced paraganglioma of the urinary bladder is presented in detail. Through surgical extirpation, our patient was rendered disease-free. Eighteen months later the patient is doing well without symptoms but is noted to have subcentimeter bilateral pulmonary nodules and retroperitoneal lymph nodes. No further therapy has been initiated at this time.

Conclusions

Patients with localized tumors have an extremely favorable prognosis and may be managed by less aggressive modalities, whereas patients with metastatic disease have a significant reduced survival rate despite aggressive treatment.

【 授权许可】

   
2013 Beilan et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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