Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, No. 325, Section 2, Cheng-Gung Road, Nei-Hu, Taipei 114, Taiwan.
Medicina (Kaunas). 2021 Sep 18;57(9):987. doi: 10.3390/medicina57090987.
: Urothelial carcinoma ranks as the fourth most common cancer in men in the U.S; upon diagnosis, 10-15% have metastasized, mostly to lymph nodes, liver, lung, bone, and adrenal glands. Very few cases of skull invasion have been reported, and there is no established definite treatment. : A 64-year-old Taiwanese male presented with metastatic urothelial carcinoma (mUC) of bladder with skull invasion. A sunken forehead without painful sensation could be palpated. After failure of chemotherapy, the patient received immunotherapy pembrolizumab, and complete remission of distant metastasis with reossification of osteolytic skull were noted. : Immunotherapy has been reported to show significant remission in mUC, but mostly in solid organs or bone. While skull metastasis usually suggests late progression of the disease, immunotherapy has fewer systemic adverse effects than chemotherapy, and should be taken into consideration as a first-line therapy.
: 在美国,膀胱癌在男性中排名第四常见的癌症;诊断时,10-15%已经发生转移,主要转移到淋巴结、肝、肺、骨和肾上腺。很少有颅骨侵犯的病例报道,也没有明确的治疗方法。 : 一名 64 岁的台湾男性患有膀胱癌伴颅骨侵犯的转移性尿路上皮癌(mUC)。可以触及无疼痛感觉的凹陷性前额。化疗失败后,患者接受了免疫治疗 pembrolizumab,远处转移完全缓解,溶骨性颅骨出现再矿化。 : 免疫治疗已被报道在 mUC 中显示出显著的缓解,但主要是在实体器官或骨中。虽然颅骨转移通常提示疾病的晚期进展,但免疫治疗比化疗的全身不良反应更少,应作为一线治疗考虑。