Case Report

A rare case of small-cell neuroendocrine tumour of the lung metastasising to the urinary bladder

Humphrey Mapuranga, Siseko Silolo, Abraham C. van Wyk, Sucari S.C. Vlok
South African Journal of Radiology | Vol 27, No 1 | a2556 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/sajr.v27i1.2556 | © 2023 Humphrey Mapuranga, Siseko Silolo, Abraham C. van Wyk, Sucari S.C. Vlok | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 15 September 2022 | Published: 26 April 2023

About the author(s)

Humphrey Mapuranga, Department of Radiodiagnosis, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa
Siseko Silolo, Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa
Abraham C. van Wyk, Division of Anatomical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, National Health Laboratory Service, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa
Sucari S.C. Vlok, Department of Radiodiagnosis, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa

Abstract

A 77-year-old woman with suspected lung carcinoma had multiple bladder masses and lymphadenopathy outside the normal urinary bladder drainage area. Fine needle aspiration and immunocytochemistry of the cervical lymph node complex and transurethral biopsy of the bladder masses confirmed metastatic small-cell neuroendocrine carcinoma.

Contribution: Clinical correlation, imaging findings, tumour markers and immunohistochemistry are necessary for metastatic bladder tumour work-up.


Keywords

small-cell neuroendocrine carcinoma; metastases; cystoscopy; immunohistochemistry; biopsy

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