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Research Article

Cervical lymph node metastasis of bladder cancer: a case report and review of literature

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Article: 2205935 | Received 01 Nov 2022, Accepted 18 Apr 2023, Published online: 10 May 2023
 

Abstract

Objective

To report an extremely rare case of bladder cancer patient with cervical lymph nodes, abdominal lymph nodes, and bone metastases at the same time.

Methods and results

The case was investigated by follow-up and immunohistochemistry was used in the pathological part.

Result

The patient was diagnosed with bladder cancer (high-grade urothelial metastatic epithelial cell carcinoma) by pathology and immunohistochemistry after transurethral resection of bladder tumor (TURBT) and metastatic bladder cancer by pathology and immunohistochemistry after cervical lymph node aspiration due to neck lymph node enlargement 1 year later, and a CT of the chest and abdomen suggested that the patient also had abdominal lymph node and bone metastases.At the 2.5-year regular chemotherapy follow-up, the patient showed that the abdominal lymph node metastasis disappeared, the cervical lymph node fusion shrank, and the bone metastasis still existed.

Conclusion

1. Regular postoperative review is particularly important; 2.For patients with UCB who undergo TURBT, a effective regular perfusion program should be performed throughout the postoperative period; 3. For patients with postoperative metastatic symptoms of UCB, Complex treatment has a positive effect on patient prognosis; 4.The presence of enlarged head and neck lymph nodes in patients with bladder cancer should also be considered as metastatic of UCB.

Acknowledgments

The authors sincerely thank the patient for his contribution to the publication of this case report.

Ethical approval

The report of this study was approved by the ethics commit-tee of our institution, and written informed consent was obtained from the patient.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflicts of interest were disclosed.

Additional information

Funding

This work was supported by funding from the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region focus on research and development projects [2020BFH03001] and Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region focus on research and development projects [2022AAC03506, 2022AAC03160].