SOLITARY MENINGEAL RECURRENCE IN A PATIENT WITH TRANSITIONAL-CELL CARCINOMA OF THE BLADDER WITH LOCALLY BULKY DISEASE AT PRESENTATION

Patients with locally advanced transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) of th e bladder are at high risk for systemic relapse, with liver, bone and lung being tile commonest sites of metastases. We report the case of a 52-year-old woman with a solitary meningeal relapse, a rare site of r ecurrence, after 8 months of complete remission obtained with M-VEC fo r Locally advanced TCC of the bladder. We speculate on the likely risk factors related to this unusual sire of recurrence.