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Invasive transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder is known to extend directly to other organs in the pelvis. When metastases occur they almost always adhere to a rather consistent pattern of dissemination. We present an unusual case of partial obstruction of the sigmoid colon due to a metastatic transitiocellular bladder tumour four months after transurethral resection of the tumour complicated with a perforation into the peritoneal cavity. Direct implantation of the tumour with the resectoscope is the most possible explanation, but seeding on an intact serosa cannot be excluded either.
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Corfitsen, M.T., Agdal, N. & Schrøder, M. Partial obstruction of the sigmoid colon by surgical implantation. International Urology and Nephrology 21, 479–483 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02549585
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02549585