A Case of Metachronous Triple Primary Urogenital Cancer: Urinary Bladder, Prostate, and Renal Cancer


Arikan-Sengul C., Pehlivan Y., Sevinc A., Karakok M., Kalender M. E., Camci C.

ONKOLOGIE, cilt.32, sa.3, ss.122-124, 2009 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 32 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2009
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1159/000197688
  • Dergi Adı: ONKOLOGIE
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.122-124
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Prostate cancer, Kidney cancer, Urinary bladder carcinoma, Metachronous, Tobacco, PRIMARY MALIGNANCIES, CELL CARCINOMA, MEN
  • Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Background: Multiple primary malignant tumors are rarely seen. Tobacco is one of the factors in their etiology. We report the case of a heavy smoker with metachronous triple primary cancer occurring in the prostate, kidney and urinary bladder. Case Report: A 70-year-old man with prostate cancer presented with the complaint of hematuria. Computed tomography (CT) showed increased wall thickness of the urinary bladder with an enlarged prostate. After the trans-urothelial resection operation pathological diagnosis was consistent with transitional cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder. After 9 months of follow-up, the control CT showed metastatic lesions in the right and left kidneys and in the right lung. Bilateral partial nephrectomy was performed. Interestingly, renal cell carcinoma (RCC) was diagnosed. Right-sided video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery was also performed. The results of the histopathological examination were consistent with metastatic RCC. Conclusions: Although the patient presented with triple carcinoma, there was no familial cancer history suggesting a genetic association. The patient was a heavy smoker, and tobacco usage may be the underlying cause of the detected cancers. This is one of the rare cases in the published literature with triple primary urogenital cancer.