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Anna Sgambato, MD; Rosana Bortoli Buffon, MD; Carlo Cota, MD; Antonio Matroianni, MD; Marco Ardigò, MD

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Cutaneous metastases from bladder carcinoma occur in less than 1% of patients with this malignant neoplasm and may represent the initial sign of a widespread disease.¹ They typically appear as multiple or single well-circumscribed nodules, generally located at a single site, most frequently on the abdomen.¹

Histologically, cutaneous bladder carcinoma metastases involve predominantly the dermis, with occasional extension into the subcutaneous tissue. Metastases often show growth of atypical epithelial cells among collagen bundles with a disordered pattern of mixed single narrow strands and large clusters of cells.¹

In vivo reflectance confocal microscopy (RCM) is a high-resolution imaging optical tool that allows noninvasive evaluation of skin lesions. It has been already used to evaluate skin tumors and provide high-resolution imaging comparable to histologic analysis.^2-4

Report of a Case

A 72-year-old woman presented with a 7-year a history of bladder . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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