Primary small cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder: report of a case

Wu, T.T.; Lee, Y.H.; Huang, J.K.

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association 94(9): 576-577

1995


ISSN/ISBN: 0929-6646
PMID: 8696175
Document Number: 439402
A 66-year-old male presented with diffuse abdominal pain and microscopic hematuria characteristic of perirenal urinoma formation. After a biopsy, he was diagnosed with small cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder. The patient was treated by radical cystoprostatectomy with orthotopic bladder replacement using the Carney II procedure. Daytime urinary continence was achieved 6 months after surgery. The patient died of carcinomatosis 15 months after diagnosis.

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