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Simultaneous Occurrence of Urothelial Bladder Carcinoma and Primary Retroperitoneal Leiomyosarcoma
Author(s) -
Ursula Herrmann,
Avelino Hernandez,
G. Hofmockel,
Hubert G. W. Frohmüller
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
urologia internationalis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.771
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1423-0399
pISSN - 0042-1138
DOI - 10.1159/000282996
Subject(s) - medicine , leiomyosarcoma , urinary bladder , urothelial carcinoma , carcinoma , urology , bladder cancer , radiology , pathology , cancer
A case of primary carcinoma of the urinary bladder associated with a primary retroperitoneal leiomyosarcoma is presented. Due to the lack of early symptoms, diagnosis of the retroperitoneal leiomyosarcoma was late and therefore the prognosis was poor. Twelve months after diagnosis the patient died not of the bladder tumor, but of the recurrent leiomyosarcoma.

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