BLADDER CANCER IN A SPINAL CORD INJURY PATIENT A Case Report

Abstract

A case of bladder cancer following spinal cord injury is reported.
A 57-year-old male with L_i incomplete paraplegia was referred to our hospital under the diagnosis of bladder tumor with gross hematuria in November, 1994. Radical cystectomy, rt nephroureterctomy (nonfunctioning kidney) and lt ureterocutaneostomy were carried. Histopathological study revealed squamous cell carcinoma (well differentiation) and transitional cell carcinoma (G3), stage pT_3b. He has been doing well without reccurence for 4 months after operation.
In this report we also review the referrences hitherto made to paraplegia bladder cancer.