Case Report
Vulvar Metastasis from Bladder Cancer
Table 1
Review of the literature-clinicopathological features of metastatic urothelial carcinoma to the vulva.
| Authors | Number | Age (years) | Symptoms | Primary | Interval | Sites of metastasis | Tissue involvement | Other metastases | Treatment | Follow-up |
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Dehner (1973) [3] |
2 | 48 | Hematuria and disuria | Urothelial urethra | Synchronous | Labia majora | NR | No | Vulvovaginectomy with bilateral inguinal lymphadenopathy | Living well at 130 months | 57 | Painless vulvar nodule | Urothelial urethra | 19 months | Perineum | NR | No | Pelvic exenteration | Died of disease at 58 months |
| Mazur et al. (1984) [4] | 1 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
| Cohen et al. (1988) [9] | 1 | NR | Painless nodule | Kidney | >8 months | Vulvae | NR | No | NR | NR |
| Lerner et al. (1999) [5] | 1 | 78 | Painful nodule | Urothelial bladder | Synchronous | Vulvae | NR | No | NR | NR |
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Boardman et al. (2001) [10] |
2 | 71 | Pagetoid vulvae | Urothelial CIS bladder | 12 months | Vulvae | NR | Yes | Radical vulvectomy | Died of disease at 65 months | 64 | Pagetoid vulvae | Urothelial CIS bladder | Synchronous | Vulvae | NR | Yes | Radical vulvectomy + chemotherapy | Follow-up at 8 months: no disease |
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Neto et al. (2003) [6] |
2 | 54 | Cyst | Bladder | 2 months | Labia majora |
ep + der + subc | Yes | Xrt | Died of disease at 2 months | 53 | Mass | Urethra | 12 months | Labia majora | ep + der + subc | Yes | Xrt | Died of disease at 12 months |
| Our case (2015) | 1 | 63 | Painless nodule | Bladder | 12 months | Vulvae | NR | Yes | ā | ā |
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der: dermis; ep: epidermis; mo: month; NR: not reported, Sepi: squamous epithelium; Subc: subcutis; Xrt: radiotherapy.
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