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Differentiation of Urothelial Carcinoma into Two Distinct Subtypes, Glandular and Squamous, in Three Different Organs
Urothelial carcinoma (UC) is a unique entity with different histological variants: squamous, glandular, small cell, micropapillary, sarcomatoid, and plasmacytoid. Each of those subtypes behaves differently. As such, and in many scenarios, an accurate histological diagnosis is of paramount importance...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7158603/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32300500 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.7280 |
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author | El-Asmar, Jose M Moussally, Moustafa Abou Heidar, Nassib Wazzan, Wassim Degheili, Jad A |
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description | Urothelial carcinoma (UC) is a unique entity with different histological variants: squamous, glandular, small cell, micropapillary, sarcomatoid, and plasmacytoid. Each of those subtypes behaves differently. As such, and in many scenarios, an accurate histological diagnosis is of paramount importance to dictate the therapeutic approach. We hereby present a unique case of urothelial carcinoma that differentiated into two distinct histological subtypes, squamous and glandular, in three different organs within the genitourinary tract. We also describe the pathological and clinical differences entailed between the two histological variants in bladder and upper urinary tract urothelial carcinoma. |
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spelling | pubmed-71586032020-04-16 Differentiation of Urothelial Carcinoma into Two Distinct Subtypes, Glandular and Squamous, in Three Different Organs El-Asmar, Jose M Moussally, Moustafa Abou Heidar, Nassib Wazzan, Wassim Degheili, Jad A Cureus Pathology Urothelial carcinoma (UC) is a unique entity with different histological variants: squamous, glandular, small cell, micropapillary, sarcomatoid, and plasmacytoid. Each of those subtypes behaves differently. As such, and in many scenarios, an accurate histological diagnosis is of paramount importance to dictate the therapeutic approach. We hereby present a unique case of urothelial carcinoma that differentiated into two distinct histological subtypes, squamous and glandular, in three different organs within the genitourinary tract. We also describe the pathological and clinical differences entailed between the two histological variants in bladder and upper urinary tract urothelial carcinoma. Cureus 2020-03-15 /pmc/articles/PMC7158603/ /pubmed/32300500 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.7280 Text en Copyright © 2020, El-Asmar et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Pathology El-Asmar, Jose M Moussally, Moustafa Abou Heidar, Nassib Wazzan, Wassim Degheili, Jad A Differentiation of Urothelial Carcinoma into Two Distinct Subtypes, Glandular and Squamous, in Three Different Organs |
title | Differentiation of Urothelial Carcinoma into Two Distinct Subtypes, Glandular and Squamous, in Three Different Organs |
title_full | Differentiation of Urothelial Carcinoma into Two Distinct Subtypes, Glandular and Squamous, in Three Different Organs |
title_fullStr | Differentiation of Urothelial Carcinoma into Two Distinct Subtypes, Glandular and Squamous, in Three Different Organs |
title_full_unstemmed | Differentiation of Urothelial Carcinoma into Two Distinct Subtypes, Glandular and Squamous, in Three Different Organs |
title_short | Differentiation of Urothelial Carcinoma into Two Distinct Subtypes, Glandular and Squamous, in Three Different Organs |
title_sort | differentiation of urothelial carcinoma into two distinct subtypes, glandular and squamous, in three different organs |
topic | Pathology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7158603/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32300500 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.7280 |
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