Partial Cystectomy as a Viable Alternative Treatment for an Intradiverticular Non Bilharzial Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Bladder with a 5-Year Follow-up: A Case Report.

Background: Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is a rare malignancy with poor prognosis, affecting the urinary bladder. Most of the SCC present as muscle invasive or locally advanced cancer. While majority of SCC of urinary bladder are of bilharzial origin, 2% to 5% of them can be of non-bilharzial origin. The uniqueness about this case is that patient had a good disease-free survival for 5 years after partial cystectomy performed for extravesical SCC bladder. Summary: Though most of the SCC of urinary bladder are best treated by radical cystectomy, a 68-year-old male with painless hematuria, diagnosed with an intradiverticular SCC of the bladder on magnetic resonance imaging had a recurrence and metastases free survival on 5 years follow-up after partial cystectomy (PC). Conclusion: This case report outlines the role and effectiveness of partial cystectomy as an alternative option in such patients with a follow-up of 5 years without any recurrence or metastases.