Small cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder: a contemporary review with a special focus on bladder-sparing treatments
โ Scribed by Koga, Fumitaka ;Yokoyama, Minato ;Fukushima, Hiroshi
- Book ID
- 124073630
- Publisher
- Expert Reviews
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 282 KB
- Volume
- 13
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1473-7140
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## Background: Primary small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma (scnec) of the urinary bladder is a rare but important entity. the authors have attempted to define the cytopathologic features of this tumor. ## Methods: Sixty-one urine specimens (16 with histologic correlation) from 23 patients were st
Two undifferentiated small-cell carcinomas of the urinary bladder are reported. The patients, 68-and 55-yr-old men, respectively, presented with painless hematuria. In the first case, numerous small, lymphocyte-like cells with coarse chromatin, sometimes with small nucleoli, and high nuclear/cytopla
## Abstract ## BACKGROUND Small cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder is an uncommon tumor that has been described in case reports or small series. Herein, the authors report a series of 64 patients with small cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder. ## METHODS Histologic slides and medical record