Urinary bladder metastasis

Urinary bladder metastasis, also metastasis to the bladder, is cancer that has spread to the urinary bladder from another primary site and is discontinuous with the primary tumour.

General

• Rare - mostly case reports.
  • Renal cell carcinoma ~ series of 11 cases.

Microscopic

Features:

• Dependent on the primary site.

DDx:

• Urothelial carcinoma with unusual features.
• Primary adenocarcinoma of the urinary bladder.
• Urachal carcinoma.
• Direct extension of primary tumour from other primary site, e.g. prostate, rectum.

Images

• CCRCC in bladder - very low mag. (WC)

• CCRCC in bladder - low mag. (WC)

• CCRCC in bladder - intermed. mag. (WC)

• Clear cell renal cell carcinoma metastasis to bladder -- high mag.jpg

  CCRCC in bladder - high mag. (WC)

See also

• Metastasis.