Bladder metastasis revealing a gastric linitis: a case report and literature review

Secondary tumors of the bladder are rare, they represent less than 2% of all bladder neoplasms [1]. Most reported cases conform to autopsy series [2]. Frequent primitives are the colon, prostate, rectum and cervix. In such cases, the bladder is affected by direct extension, in particular in advanced stage with peritoneal scattering. The vesical metastases of the gastric cancers are secondary to hematogenous spread of tumor cells. Brought back in the literature by some sporadic cases, there were seven cases of adenocarcinoma with cells signet ring [1]. We report the eighth case of bladder metastasis of gastric linitis which has the distinction to be revealing.