Carcinoma in the inactive bladder – the dilemma of the forgotten organ

Etiologic factors affecting bladder tumor have been well confirmed and it is widely recognized that carcinogenic substances in urine may play an important role in a pathogenesis. Carcinoma developing in a defunctionalized bladder, although uncommon, does occur. We report a case of a transitional cel...

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Autores principales: Kupś, Michał, Słojewski, Marcin, Oszurek, Oleg, Sikorski, Andrzej
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Polish Urological Association 2012
Materias:
Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3921762/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24578923
http://dx.doi.org/10.5173/ceju.2012.01.art12
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Sumario:Etiologic factors affecting bladder tumor have been well confirmed and it is widely recognized that carcinogenic substances in urine may play an important role in a pathogenesis. Carcinoma developing in a defunctionalized bladder, although uncommon, does occur. We report a case of a transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) found in a remaining bladder of a male patient and a review of the most relevant literature.

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