A Case of Micropapillary Transitional Cell Carcinoma of the Urinary Bladder.
- Author:
Yun Seong KIM
1
;
Dong Hun KWANG
;
Joo Seong KIM
;
Chun Su PARK
;
Kil Hyun OH
;
Kwang Min LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Urology, Presbyterian Medical Center, Chonju, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Micropapillary transitional cell carcinoma;
Poor prognostic histologic feature
- MeSH:
Carcinoma, Transitional Cell*;
Urinary Bladder Neoplasms;
Urinary Bladder*
- From:Korean Journal of Urology
1999;40(2):250-251
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
More than 90% of bladder cancers are transitional cell carcinomas. Transitional cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder ordinarily does not pose diagnostic difficulties and is well known its clinical behavior. However, variation from the classic histology can cause problems in recognition. Recently several variants of transitional cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder have been described to promote the recognition of, or to draw attention to, possible differences in clinical behavior. The presence of a micropapillary component in transitional cell carcinoma is associated with high-stage and high-grade transitional cell carcinoma with a tendency of vascular invasion, and with poor prognostic histologic feature. We report a case of micropapillary transitional cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder.
