A Young Man with Primary Small Cell Carcinoma of the Urinary Bladder.
10.4111/kju.2006.47.5.556
- Author:
Sung Whan JO
1
;
In Chang JO
;
Ok Jun LEE
;
Sang Cheol LEE
;
Yong Tae KIM
;
Hyung Lae LEE
;
Wun Jae KIM
Author Information
1. Departments of Urology and Pathology, Chungbuk National University College of Medicine, Cheongju, Korea. wjkim@chungbuk.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Small cell carcinoma;
Bladder
- MeSH:
Adenocarcinoma;
Adult;
Aged;
Carcinoma, Small Cell*;
Carcinoma, Transitional Cell;
Cisplatin;
Comorbidity;
Cystectomy;
Drug Therapy;
Humans;
Neoplasm Metastasis;
Prognosis;
Urinary Bladder*
- From:Korean Journal of Urology
2006;47(5):556-558
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Small cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder is a rare finding. It is characterized by an aggressive clinical course with early metastasis and it tends to affect the elderly who have significant comorbidities. The mean age of these patients is 67.8 years. The prognosis of small cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder is poor because its behavior is more aggressive than bladder transitional cell carcinoma. On the pathologic finding, small cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder is usually combined with transitional cell carcinoma or adenocarcinoma in approximately 40% of cases. We reported here on a case of the primary pure small cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder in a 26 year-old man who was managed with partial cystectomy and combined chemotherapy using cisplatin.
