Samples from 34 primary transitional cell carcinomas (TCCs) of the bladder were short-term-cultured and processed for cytogenetic analysis after G-banding of the chromosomes. Clonal chromosome abnormalities were detected in 27 tumors and normal karyotypes in 3, and the cultures from 4 tumors failed
Coexisting leiomyosarcoma and transitional cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder
โ Scribed by Dr. Karl T. K. Chen
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1986
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 498 KB
- Volume
- 33
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-4790
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โฆ Synopsis
A rare case of coexisting sarcoma and carcinoma of the urinary bladder is reported and the literature is reviewed. Because of the differences in the histogenesis and prognosis, such cases should be differentiated from cases of carcinosarcoma of the urinary bladder.
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Only five tumors of the urinary bladder containing both adenocarcinoma and transitional cell carcinoma have previously been reported. In spite of this apparent rarity, three patients have been treated a t the University Hospitals of Cleveland in the past 2 years with this 'mixed' malignancy. Abbrevi
## Abstract Ureteral obstruction is a frequent complication of transitional cell carcinoma (TCC), known as a poor prognostic sign and indicative of advanced disease. We investigated retrospectively the medical records of 122 consecutive patients who suffered from invasive TCC of the urinary bladder
Sixty-nine patients who underwent nephroureterectomy for upper urinary tract transitional cell carcinoma were included in the study. The following data were collected for each patient: grade and stage of renalhreteral tumor, tumor location, timing of tumor appearance and recurrence in the bladder, g
## Abstract ## BACKGROUND Contralateral, metachronous upper urinary tract (UUT) tumors after primary transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) of the UUT are reported rarely, and to the authors' knowledge the risk factors have not been determined to date. In addition, few reports have described the charac