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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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Autores principales: El-Asmar, Jose M, Moussally, Moustafa, Abou Heidar, Nassib, Wazzan, Wassim, Degheili, Jad A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
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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
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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.
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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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