Case Reports in Oncology (Oct 2016)

A Case of Primary Small-Cell Carcinoma of the Bladder

  • Ashita Ono,
  • Yosuke Hirasawa,
  • Mitsumasa Yamashina,
  • Naoto Kaburagi,
  • Takashi Mima,
  • Toru Sugihara,
  • Riu Hamada,
  • Tatsuo Gondo,
  • Makoto Ohori,
  • Toshitaka Nagao,
  • Yoshio Ohno

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1159/000450597
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 3
pp. 574 – 579

Abstract

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Primary small-cell carcinoma arising from the bladder (SmCCB) is uncommon. It differs from urothelial carcinoma (UC), the most common type of bladder cancer, with respect to its cell of origin, biology, and prognosis. Biologically, prostatic SmCCB is much more aggressive than UC, and the prognosis for cases with distant metastasis is especially poor. We report here a case of primary SmCCB (cT3bN1M0) treated with radical cystectomy.

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