Neuroendocrine Carcinoma of the Bladder

The case was a 67-year-old male who visited our hospital with a major complaint of macroscopic hematuria. A bladder tumor was found. When a transurethral resection of the bladder tumor was performed, the histopathological diagnosis was neuroendocrine bladder cancer. After chemotherapy with cisplatin...

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Published in:Case Reports in Oncology
Main Authors: Takashi Kawahara, Shoji Yamanaka, Hisashi Ohshiro, Zenkichi Sekiguchi, Kazuhiro Namura, Hiroki Itou, Futoshi Sano, Kaoru Kita, Narihiko Hayashi, Kazuhide Makiyama, Noboru Nakaigawa, Takehiko Ogawa, Hiroji Uemura, Masahiro Yao, Yoshinobu Kubota
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2010-03-01
Subjects:
Bladder tumor
Neuroendocrine tumor
Bladder cancer
Online Access:http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/289584
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Summary:The case was a 67-year-old male who visited our hospital with a major complaint of macroscopic hematuria. A bladder tumor was found. When a transurethral resection of the bladder tumor was performed, the histopathological diagnosis was neuroendocrine bladder cancer. After chemotherapy with cisplatin and etoposide a partial shrinkage of the tumor was observed; however, the patient expired 7 months after the first visit.
ISSN:1662-6575

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