Pseudo Tumor of the Bladder Simulating Cancer: Pseudotumoral Glandular Cystitis

Abstract

Intestinal metaplasia of the bladder is a rare pathology, estimated at less than 1% of bladder pathologies. Some forms, including pseudo tumor glandular cystitis, can mimic cancer. We report a rare case of this pathology, little studied in our context, treated in Senegal and we underline the epidemiologicalclinical and anatomopathological particularities.

Observation: Mr. MN, 26 years old, non-smoking, known epileptic, with psychomotor delay since birth (under Tegretil and Gardenal), presented with a hip’s trauma, not operated on in 2012, then a left leg fracture following a traffic accident in August 2019. He consulted for recurrent terminal hematuria without urination burn, dysuria and pelvic pain. The clinical examination revealed a motor deficit, a normal prostate on rectal examination. Cystoscopy showed a solid, vegetative, ulcerated tumor lesion of the bladder, of trigonal location and of the right lateral wall without invasion sign, with ureteral meatus and permeable ureters. The rest of the devices and biological assessments examination are unremarkable. Abdomino-pelvic ultrasound revealed a semi-replete bladder with a non-significant post-void residue and 39.78 cc prostatic hypertrophy without repercussions on the upper urinary system. The patient underwent a complete and deep bladder’s transurethral resection which, after histological examination, showed a pseudotumoral glandular cystitis of the bladder.

Conclusion: The bladder should be taken into account in adult patients, often males, with irritative and obstructive urinary signs. It can occur without previous bladder infection. This pathology can simulate bladder cancer from which the interest of the pathological examination which makes it possible to make the formal diagnosis.