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Plasmacytoid urothelial carcinoma of the bladder
Author(s) -
KOHNO TAKUROU,
KITAMURA MASAYA,
AKAI HIDEYUKI,
TAKAHA MINATO,
KAWAHARA KUNIMITSU,
OKA TOSHITUGU
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.1442-2042.2006.01338.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cystectomy , vinblastine , pathological , etoposide , pathology , immunohistochemistry , bladder cancer , urothelial carcinoma , carcinoma , methotrexate , urinary bladder , chemotherapy , cisplatin , urothelium , cancer , urology
We report the first case of a pathological complete response for plasmacytoid urothelial carcinoma of the bladder. A 76‐year‐old man was diagnosed with plasmacytoid urothelial carcinoma (T4, N0, M0) by the microscopically plasmacytoid appearance of the specimen from the transurethral resection. Immunohistochemical studies were positive for epithelial markers and negative for lymphoid markers. Two cycles of systemic chemotherapy were performed with methotrexate, etoposide, vinblastine, and cisplatin, followed by radical cystectomy. The pathological examination revealed no residual cancer cells in the resected specimen.