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Sarcomatoid carcinoma and carcinosarcoma of the urinary bladder
Author(s) -
Ogishima Tatsuya,
Kawachi Yoshio,
Saito Akira,
Suzuki Fujihiko,
Ishi Kazuhisa,
Tanaka Toru
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
international journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.172
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1442-2042
pISSN - 0919-8172
DOI - 10.1046/j.1442-2042.2002.00472.x
Subject(s) - carcinosarcoma , medicine , cystectomy , sarcomatoid carcinoma , urinary bladder , carcinoma , spindle cell carcinoma , urinary diversion , urinary system , urology , bladder neoplasm , lung , surgery , pathology , bladder cancer , cancer
Two cases, sarcomatoid carcinoma and carcinosarcoma, of the urinary bladder are reported. A 68‐year‐old man with sarcomatoid carcinoma underwent total cystectomy and was alive and had had no recurrence after 21 months. A 78‐year‐old woman with carcinosarcoma underwent total cystectomy, but she died from increasing multiple lung metastases 4 months after surgery. The histopathological characteristics of both neoplasms are reported and discussed.