Clinical manifestation of melanoma metastases to urinary tract
Article published in Urologia Polska 2008/61/Supl. 1.

authors

Sebastian Ciszewski, Beata Smolska-Ciszewska, Artur Jakimów, Cezary Juda, Maciej Szwedowski, Władysław Błudzin, Roman Szwedowski

Oddział Urologii, Wojewódzkie Centrum Medyczne w Opolu
II Klinika Radioterapii, Centrum Onkologii – Instytut im. Marii Skłodowskiej-Curie, Oddział w Gliwicach
Oddział Chemioterapii Onkologicznej Dolnośląskiego Centrum Transplantacji Komórkowych z Krajowym Bankiem Dawców Szpiku we Wrocławiu,
Instytut Immunologii i Terapii Doświadczalnej PAN we Wrocławiu

summary

Summary. We report a case of 60-year-old patient with cutaneous melanoma in stage IIA according to AJCC/TNM classification at diagnosis with metastases to the

urinary bladder and testes after one year. Secondary involvement of the urinary tract with melanoma is a common autopsy finding, but rarely evident clinically. There are few

cases of melanoma metastases to the urinary bladder and testes described in Polish literature.

The use of experimental therapy allowed to double the overall survival of the patient with visceral metastases comparing to the survival in literature data. New strategies

in cutaneous melanoma and other aggressive cancers increase survival.