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Urinary bladder metastasis from breast cancer: a rare cause of hematuria
Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women globally as well as in Kenya. The most common sites of metastases reported include the bones, liver and lung. Metastasis to the urinary bladder is relatively uncommon with only a few case reports in literature. It can therefore be easily overlooked as...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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The British Institute of Radiology.
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7068102/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32201603 http://dx.doi.org/10.1259/bjrcr.20190048 |
Sumario: | Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women globally as well as in Kenya. The most common sites of metastases reported include the bones, liver and lung. Metastasis to the urinary bladder is relatively uncommon with only a few case reports in literature. It can therefore be easily overlooked as a cause of hematuria in these patients. We describe a rare case of a patient with breast cancer who presented with urinary bladder metastasis as a late complication of her illness. |
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