A Man With Changes in the Urinary Bladder: Benign Metaplasia or Adenocarcinoma?
ByThomas W. Flaig, MD,Francisco G. La Rosa, MD,Kristen Mckinney, MD,Paul D. Maroni, MD,Shandra S. Wilson, MD
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The patient is a 39-year-old man who presents with pelvic lymphadenopathy. He has a history of ureteral reflux disease, recurrent nephrolithiasis, right nephrectomy, ileal loop diversion of the left ureter, and radical cystectomy for “bladder cancer,” which he underwent 3 years ago. The lymphadenopathy was discovered incidentally during recent imaging.
