SMALL CELL CARCINOMA OF URINARY BLADDER

Abstract

Small cell carcinoma of the bladder is a rare, aggressive, poorly differentiated neuroendocrine neoplasm accounting for only 0.3-0.7% of all bladder tumors. We report a case of 48 year old male presented to urology clinic with complain of hematuria. On workup he was diagnosed as urinary bladder tumor. He was planned for transurethral resection of tumor. On histopathology and immunohistochemistry he was diagnosed as small cell carcinoma of urinary bladder.

Keywords

• hematuria: histopathology
• immunohistochemistry
• small cell carcinoma
• urinary bladder.