RESUMO
Twenty-four cases of carcinoma of the urinary bladder, involving bone, have been reviewed. Eighteen of these were distant metastases beyond the pelvis. The lesions were predominantly osteolytic. Ossification in the soft tissues adjacent to the bone metastasis was observed in three cases, all involving the left tibia. The reason for this site of predilection remains obscure.
Assuntos
Neoplasias Ósseas/secundário , Carcinoma de Células de Transição/secundário , Ossificação Heterotópica/etiologia , Neoplasias da Bexiga Urinária , Adulto , Idoso , Neoplasias Ósseas/complicações , Neoplasias Ósseas/diagnóstico por imagem , Carcinoma de Células de Transição/complicações , Carcinoma de Células de Transição/diagnóstico por imagem , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Ossificação Heterotópica/diagnóstico por imagem , Osteólise/diagnóstico por imagem , Osteólise/etiologia , Osteosclerose/diagnóstico por imagem , Osteosclerose/etiologia , Radiografia , Estudos RetrospectivosRESUMO
Twenty-six patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma have received total body irradiation (TBI) as a secondary therapy. A response was achieved with 17 patients, in six of whom it was complete. The actuarial survival rates were 50% at one year and 42% at 30 months. Best results were achieved in those with low grade histology and in those under 60 years of age. Transient marrow toxicity was the only detected significant side-effect of treatment and although it was usually severe there were no serious sequelae. TBI should be considered as a secondary therapy in non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, regardless of previous treatment.
