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AI InsightCT guided fine needle aspiration biopsy was performed and he was diagnosed as ‘‘pulmonary metastasis of transitional cell urinary bladder cancer’’.This patient is presented because of the interesting radiological appearance and rare presentation of the case.
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Abstract
67 year old male patient has attended with cough and sputum complaint. He had been operated because of transitional cell urinary bladder carcinoma four years ago. He had previous medical history of pulmonary tuberculosis 27 years ago. In chest X-ray, multiple cavitary appearances were present. In Computerized Tomography (CT) of the Thorax, bilateral multiple cavities were seen. Sputum smear examinations for Acidoresistant bacilli (ARB) were negative for nine times. CT guided fine needle aspiration biopsy was performed and he was diagnosed as ‘‘pulmonary metastasis of transitional cell urinary bladder cancer’’.This patient is presented because of the interesting radiological appearance and rare presentation of the case.
Özet
67 yaşında, erkek hasta, öksürük ve balgam yakınması ile başvurdu. 4 yıl önce transizyonel hücreli mesane kanseri nedeniyle opere edilmişti. 27 yıl önce akciğer tüberkülozu geçirme öyküsü mevcuttu. Akciğer grafisinde, multipl kaviter görünümler izlendi. Toraks Kompüterize Tomografide (KT) bilateral, multipl kaviteler görüldü. Balgam yaymalarının incelenmesinde, Asidorezistan basil (ARB) 9 kez negatif idi. Kaviter lezyonlardan KT eşliğinde alınan ince iğne aspirasyon biyopsisi ile ‘Transizyonel hücreli mesane kanserinin pulmoner metastazı’’ olarak tanı kondu. Bu hasta, ilginç radyolojik görünümü ve nadir görülen bir vaka olması nedeniyle sunulmaktadır.