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Concurrent diagnosis of urothelial carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma of the bladder in a patient with a vesicorectal fistula from invasive rectal cancer
Author(s) -
KODAMA KOICHI,
MIZUNO TSUYOSHI,
IMAHORI TSUTOMU,
IDA MASAHIRO,
MATSUBARA FUJITSUGU
Publication year - 2006
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 - 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2006.01287.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cystoprostatectomy , rectum , adenocarcinoma , colorectal cancer , fistula , carcinoma , cystoscopy , basal cell , bladder cancer , cancer , urology , radiology , pathology , cystectomy , urinary system
Abstract A 47‐year‐old man underwent a low anterior resection of the rectosigmoid colon with en bloc cystoprostatectomy for vesicorectal fistula due to a locally advanced rectal cancer. Histopathological examination of the bladder revealed two additional primary malignancies: urothelial carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of two histologically distinct urothelial malignancies that were diagnosed during a work up of vesicorectal fistula due to adenocarcinoma of the rectum.