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[Small cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder detected by urinary cytology : a case report].

The Department of Urology, Tane General Hospital, Japan.
Hinyokika kiyo. Acta urologica Japonica 03/2010; 56(3):173-5. pp.173-5
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ABSTRACT A 70-year-old man complaining of fever and chills was admitted to our hospital. A computerized tomography scan revealed a bladder tumor (cT3bN0M0), and urinary cytology demonstrated neuroendocrine carcinoma. Prostate specific antigen (PSA) was 4.089 ng/ml and human cytokeratin 19 fragment (CYFRA 21-1) was 3.8 ng/ml. He underwent transurethral resection of bladder tumor and needle biopsy of the prostate. Pathological examination demonstrated small cell carcinoma in the bladder tumor specimen and well differentiated adenocarcinoma (cT1c) with a Gleason score of 34 in the prostatic specimen. He underwent cystoprostatectomy with bilateral cutaneous ureterostomy. He did not receive adjuvant chemotherapy because of the poor postoperative systemic condition and he died of acute myocardial infarction 5 months later.

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Keywords

acute myocardial infarction 5 months
 
adjuvant chemotherapy
 
bilateral cutaneous ureterostomy
 
bladder tumor
 
bladder tumor specimen
 
computerized tomography scan
 
cystoprostatectomy
 
differentiated adenocarcinoma
 
human cytokeratin 19 fragment
 
needle biopsy
 
neuroendocrine carcinoma
 
Pathological examination
 
poor postoperative systemic condition
 
Prostate specific antigen