Open AccessSmall cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder: Virtual CT cystoscopic findings
Author(s) -
A.Ch. Tsili,
Dimitrios Giannakis,
Nikolaos Sofikitis,
Konstantinos Tsampoulas
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of postgraduate medicine/journal of postgraduate medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.405
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 0972-2823
pISSN - 0022-3859
DOI - 10.4103/0022-3859.48437
Subject(s) - medicine , cystoscopy , cystectomy , urinary bladder , urology , abdomen , prostate , carcinoma , macroscopic hematuria , radiology , urinary system , pathology , anatomy , bladder cancer , cancer
A 74-year-old man underwent multidetector CT virtual cystoscopy due to macroscopic hematuria. A large, irregularly-surfaced, solid bladder mass was detected, infiltrating the perivesical fat, the seminal vesicles and the prostate. CT examination of the chest and abdomen showed no distant metastases. Radical cystectomy was performed and pathology reported pure small cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder.