Gastric Outlet Obstruction as a presentation of Metastatic Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Bladder: A case report and review of the literature

Gastric outlet obstruction presents with a range of symptoms which include abdominal pain, early satiety, weight loss and vomiting caused obstruction secondary to tumors from outside the gastrointestinal tract or due to motility disorders. Bladder cancer is rarely associated with Gastric outlet obstruction. It usually presents with painless hematuria and urinary symptoms. Squamous cell carcinoma is a subtype of bladder malignancies that tends to present at a later stage and is associated with poorer prognosis in terms of metastasis and survival.