Bladder wall calcification after intravesical mitomycin C treatment of superficial bladder cancer

P C Drago; R A Badalament; J Lucas; J R Drago

doi:10.1016/s0022-5347(17)38992-9

Bladder wall calcification after intravesical mitomycin C treatment of superficial bladder cancer

J Urol. 1989 Oct;142(4):1071-2. doi: 10.1016/s0022-5347(17)38992-9.

Authors

P C Drago¹, R A Badalament, J Lucas, J R Drago

Affiliation

¹ Department of Surgery, Ohio State University, Columbus.

PMID: 2507794
DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5347(17)38992-9

Abstract

Calcification of the bladder wall associated with intravesical mitomycin C for the treatment of superficial bladder cancer is a rare complication. We report on a patient with this complication and discuss the literature.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Administration, Intravesical
Calcinosis / chemically induced*
Calcinosis / pathology
Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / drug therapy*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Mitomycin
Mitomycins / administration & dosage
Mitomycins / adverse effects*
Mitomycins / therapeutic use
Necrosis
Urinary Bladder / pathology
Urinary Bladder Diseases / chemically induced*
Urinary Bladder Diseases / pathology
Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / drug therapy*

Substances

Mitomycins
Mitomycin