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Partial cystectomy in a 76 year old patient suffering from small cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder

Small cell carcinomas of the urinary bladder originating from the neuroendocrine cells are extremely rare. We present a case of a 76–year–old patient with small cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder. The patient had hematuria and cystoscopy revealed a tumor located in a urinary bladder diverticulum....

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Autores principales: Starownik, Radosław, Korolczuk, Agnieszka, Bar, Krzysztof, Płaza, Paweł, Kiś, Jacek, Muc, Kamil, Bar, Marek
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Polish Urological Association 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3936147/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24579018
http://dx.doi.org/10.5173/ceju.2013.02.art12
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Sumario:Small cell carcinomas of the urinary bladder originating from the neuroendocrine cells are extremely rare. We present a case of a 76–year–old patient with small cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder. The patient had hematuria and cystoscopy revealed a tumor located in a urinary bladder diverticulum. Partial resection of the bladder wall with diverticulectomy was performed. Microscopic examination established the diagnosis of neuroendocrine carcinoma, which was confirmed by immunohistochemistry. Three–month follow–up showed no recurrent disease. Patient refused further chemotherapy and radiotherapy.