Case Reports in Clinical Practice 2016. 1(1):22-24.

A Large Perivesical Mass in a Patient with the History of Bladder Cancer; Does it always Mean a Tumor Extension?
Farzad Allameh, Hamidreza Qashqai, Saman Najafi, Azadeh Rakhshan

Abstract


A man with a history of urothelial carcinoma is presented here. According to investigations, he had bilateral hydronephrosis due to the pressure effect of a large mass in his bladder. The patient underwent surgical procedure including mass resection and ureter reimplantation. The final pathology report was only fat necrosis.

Keywords


Urothelial carcinoma, Fat necrosis; Bladder tumor; Pseudotumor

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