Date of Presentation:7/25/2024

Attending pathologist: Anil Parwani, MD, PhD, MBA

Presented by: Efrain Lee Diaz, MD

Organ:Bladder

HISTORY:

A male patient inhis 60s with known history of metastatic melanoma of the back (stage IV), presented with a bladder mass.

Cystoscopy confirmed a flat black brownish lesion located on the right lateral wall of the bladder measuring 3 cm in size.

The patient underwent a transurethral resection of bladder tumor.

GROSS:

The specimen is designated "bladder lesion" and consists of two fragments of brown-black, ragged, fragile soft tissue.

Microscopic image possibly detecting cancerous areas in human tissue
Microscopic image possibly detecting cancerous areas in human tissue
Microscopic image possibly detecting cancerous areas in human tissue

What is the most likely diagnosis?

  1. Sarcoma of the urinary bladder
  2. Endometriosis
  3. Metastatic melanoma to the bladder
  4. Blood and hematoma
Metastatic melanoma to the bladder