The importance of re-evaluation in patients with cystitis glandularis associated with pelvic lipomatosis: a case report.

Abstract

Pelvic lipomatosis is a rare, proliferative disease involving an overgrowth of normal fat in the pelvic retroperitoneal space. Cystitis glandularis, cystitis cystica, or cystitis follicularis can be observed in 75% of patients with pelvic lipomatosis. We describe a 58-yr-old man with pelvic lipomatosis in whom adenocarcinoma of the bladder was diagnosed in the second transurethral resection of the bladder 1 month after the first operation. This proliferative disease can cause obstruction of the bladder drainage leading to a proliferative cystitis because of an altered environment rich in protein fluid. Because the association of this proliferative disease with adenocarcinoma of the bladder is frequent, we recommend close follow-up of these patients to detect the associated adenocarcinoma of the bladder.

• Authors: Sinan Sözen, Serhat Gürocak, Nükhet Uzüm, Hasan Biri, Leyla Memiş, Ibrahim Bozkirli
• Journal: Urologic oncology (Urol Oncol) 2004 Sep-Oct Vol. 22 Issue 5 Pg. 428-30 ISSN: 1078-1439 [Print] United States
• PMID: 15464926 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Adenocarcinoma (pathology)
• Cystitis (etiology)
• Humans
• Lipomatosis (complications, pathology, surgery)
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Ureteral Obstruction (etiology)
• Urinary Bladder Neoplasms (pathology)