A case of ureteral cancer with sarcomatous proliferation
Kawamura, K.; Okumura, A.; Hasegawa, M.; Naito, K.; Takayanagi, N.
Hinyokika Kiyo. Acta Urologica Japonica 37(8): 903-906
1991
ISSN/ISBN: 0018-1994 PMID: 1957735 Document Number: 381826
The patient was a 70-year-old man who had complained of a terminal miction pain and gross hematuria. A left total nephroureterectomy and partial cystectomy were carried out under the diagnosis of ureteral tumor and bladder tumor. Histopathological examination revealed a spindle cell carcinoma consisting of transitional cell carcinoma grade 3 with sarcomatous proliferation. There were histologically direct transformation of the transitional cell carcinoma into squamous cells, and transformation of the squamous cells into sarcomatous spindle cells. Five months after operation, the patient died from recurrence.