1998 Volume 31 Issue 12 Pages 1461-1464
The incidence of urological malignancies in maintenance hemodialysis (HD) patients is higher than that in healthy subjects.
We report here, a case of bladder cancer in a HD patient and discuss the clinical features of bladder cancer in HD patients from case reports in Japan.
A 68-year-old male on HD for 4 years visited our clinic with a complaint of gross hematuria. Cystoscopy revealed multiple tumors in the bladder. Transurethral resection of the bladder tumor was performed, but complete resection was not possible. Then, radical cystectomy and bi-lateral ureterocutaneostomy formation were performed and histopathological examination showed grade 3>2, stage pT 2 transitional carcinoma (TCC). The patient was followed without recurrence, but died due to heart failure 5 months postoperatively.
