A 57-year-old man who presented with urinary retention was found to have a sarcomatoid carcinoma of the urethra.
Evaluation with CT scan of the abdomen and pelvis revealed multiple pulmonary nodules and osteolytic lesions of left posterior ribs. After external beam radiation therapy and six cycles of systemic chemotherapy, patient underwent a surgical resection of the urethral cancer. After his surgery, patient was also found to have multiple brain metastases and underwent whole brain radiation therapy, nine months after his initial diagnosis. Sarcomatoid carcinomas of the genitourinary tract are extremely rare tumors that require a very aggressive, multimodal treatment approach.
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Badhiwala N, Chan R, Zhou HJ, Shen S, Coburn M. Are you the author?
Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
Reference: Case Rep Urol. 2013;2013:931893.
doi: 10.1155/2013/931893
PubMed Abstract
PMID: 24228184
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