| Literature DB >> 14620279 |
Cem Ozden Yeniyol1, Abidin Tuna, Ayşe Yağci, Ozgül Ozgüder, Hakan Postaci.
Abstract
Sarcomatoid carcinoma is a high-grade neoplasm of the bladder which has a transitional, squamous or undifferentiated malign epitelial component and having areas with a sarcoma-like appearence. Most patients with sarcomatoid carcinoma are elderly males. The death rate is about 50% in these cases. Urethelial and renal pelvis involvement may occur. Metastases develop in regional lymph nodes and distant organs. In this case report, a patient who is diagnosed to have sarcomatoid carcinoma of bladder with human chorionic gonadotropin positivity, is presented and the literature is reviewed.Entities:
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Year: 2003 PMID： 14620279 DOI： 10.1023/a:1025908316235
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Int Urol Nephrol ISSN： 0301-1623 Impact factor: 2.370