Secondary signet-ring cell adenocarcinoma of urinary bladder from a gastric primary

• Main Authors: Pramod K Sharma, Mukesh K Vijay, Ranjit K Das, Uttara Chatterjee
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2011-01-01
• Series: Urology Annals
• Subjects: Secondaries urinary bladder; Signet-ring cell adenocarcinoma; stomach carcinoma
• Online Access: http://www.urologyannals.com/article.asp?issn=0974-7796;year=2011;volume=3;issue=2;spage=97;epage=99;aulast=Sharma

Primary bladder tumor is a frequent urological malignancy, whereas the incidence of secondary bladder tumor from a distant organ is quite rare. Secondary bladder neoplasms represent 1% of all malignant bladder tumors, of which distant metastases from stomach account for about 4% of cases. We present the case of a 30-year-old male who underwent partial gastrectomy for Signet-ring cell carcinoma of the stomach and presented 2 years later with hematuria. On computerized tomography scan, a bladder tumor was found which was resected cystoscopically. The histopathological examination revealed secondary Signet-ring cell adenocarcinoma of the urinary bladder.