EXTENSIVE LYMPH-NODE METASTASIS OF A SQUA MOUS-CELL CARCINOMA OF THE BLADDER - COMPLETE PATHOLOGICAL REMISSION AFTER TREATMENT WITH CARBOPLATINUM AND ETOPOSID

This report concers a case of moderately differentiated (G2) invasive squamous cancer of the bladder (pT4) in a 49-year-old female patient. Five months following anterior exenteration, resection of the rectosig moid and urinary diversion, the patient developed a large metastasis l ocalized in the right inguinal region. This metastasis could be succes sfully treated by a chemotherapy regimen consisting of four courses of carboplatinum and etoposid. Complete pathological remission could be achieved and the patient is without evidence of disease 40 months late r.