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A Case Report of Urinary Bladder Carcinosarcoma and Review of the Literature

Carcinosarcoma of the bladder is an unusual tumour characterized by a combination of malignant epithelial and soft tissue elements. Most of the reported cases have been case reports or small series. Optimal treatment is uncertain. We herein report our experience in such a case treated with transuret...

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Autores principales: Zachariadis, Christos, Efthimiou, Ioannis, Giannakopoulos, Stylianos, Bantis, Athanasios, Giatromanolaki, Alexandra, Sivridis, Efthimios, Touloupidis, Stavros
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3349999/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22606611
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/415675
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author Zachariadis, Christos
Efthimiou, Ioannis
Giannakopoulos, Stylianos
Bantis, Athanasios
Giatromanolaki, Alexandra
Sivridis, Efthimios
Touloupidis, Stavros
author_facet Zachariadis, Christos
Efthimiou, Ioannis
Giannakopoulos, Stylianos
Bantis, Athanasios
Giatromanolaki, Alexandra
Sivridis, Efthimios
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description Carcinosarcoma of the bladder is an unusual tumour characterized by a combination of malignant epithelial and soft tissue elements. Most of the reported cases have been case reports or small series. Optimal treatment is uncertain. We herein report our experience in such a case treated with transurethral resection followed by radiotherapy with adverse final outcome. Treatment of bladder carcinosarcomas should be aggressive and multimodal but optional treatment is still unknown. Radiotherapy alone is insufficient as a treatment option of these aggressive tumors.
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spelling pubmed-33499992012-05-17 A Case Report of Urinary Bladder Carcinosarcoma and Review of the Literature Zachariadis, Christos Efthimiou, Ioannis Giannakopoulos, Stylianos Bantis, Athanasios Giatromanolaki, Alexandra Sivridis, Efthimios Touloupidis, Stavros Case Rep Urol Case Report Carcinosarcoma of the bladder is an unusual tumour characterized by a combination of malignant epithelial and soft tissue elements. Most of the reported cases have been case reports or small series. Optimal treatment is uncertain. We herein report our experience in such a case treated with transurethral resection followed by radiotherapy with adverse final outcome. Treatment of bladder carcinosarcomas should be aggressive and multimodal but optional treatment is still unknown. Radiotherapy alone is insufficient as a treatment option of these aggressive tumors. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011 2011-06-30 /pmc/articles/PMC3349999/ /pubmed/22606611 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/415675 Text en Copyright © 2011 Christos Zachariadis et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Zachariadis, Christos
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Giannakopoulos, Stylianos
Bantis, Athanasios
Giatromanolaki, Alexandra
Sivridis, Efthimios
Touloupidis, Stavros
A Case Report of Urinary Bladder Carcinosarcoma and Review of the Literature
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title_short A Case Report of Urinary Bladder Carcinosarcoma and Review of the Literature
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3349999/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22606611
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/415675
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