Title
Micropapillary urothelial carcinoma of the bladder: Case report and review of the literature
Other title
Carcinoma urotelial micropapilar de vejiga: Aportación de un caso y revisión de la literatura
Date Issued
01 January 2008
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
Ene Ediciones S.A.
Abstract
Micropapillaxy urothelial carcinoma (MCP) of the urinary bladder is an,rare anatomopathology variant of aggressive behaviour. it is usually found as a high grade and stage carcinoma, and doesn't differ differ clinically from normal cell carcinoma of the bladder. Treatment should be early and aggressive, because radiotherapy and chemotherapy have shown limited results the therapy is surgically based. The diagnosis of this disease is required because its metastasic capacity is associate with a significantly increased mortality risk. In this study we report de case of a 64 years old man with a long development hematuria diagnosed of Micropapillary carcinoma infiltrating the bladder involving the ureter.
Start page
552
End page
555
Volume
32
Issue
5
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Oncología
Urología, Nefrología
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-45749083074
PubMed ID
Source
Actas Urologicas Espanolas
ISSN of the container
02104806
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
Scopus