Cytological Diagnosis of Small Cell Carcinoma of Urinary Bladder in a Patient with CLL

Small cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder (SCCUB) is an extremely rare bladder malignancy characterized by an aggressive clinical behavior. So, it is important to diagnose this high grade disease by urinary cytology. We report a case of SCCUB in an old man with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) i...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Şimşek, Gülçin Güler, Güreşçi, Servet, Oğuz, Ural, Ünsal, Ali
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Royan Institute 2014
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3933444/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24518979
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Sumario:Small cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder (SCCUB) is an extremely rare bladder malignancy characterized by an aggressive clinical behavior. So, it is important to diagnose this high grade disease by urinary cytology. We report a case of SCCUB in an old man with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) in remission, while bladder tumor was diagnosed by cytology. With this article, we aimed to review and to update the literature concerning this tumor.

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