Open AccessSmall cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder: A case report and review of the literature
Author(s) -
Nabil Ismaili,
Samia Ghanem,
Nawfel Mellas,
Saïd Afqir,
Meriem Taleb,
M. Amrani,
L. Gamra,
Hassan Errihani
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1482.52790
Subject(s) - medicine , urinary bladder , chemotherapy , abdomen , metastasis , radiology , bladder cancer , carcinoma , pelvis , urology , cancer , surgery , pathology
Small cell carcinoma of the bladder (SCCB) is extremely rare. In this paper, we present a case of metastatic SCCB managed by chemotherapy and we would provide a brief review of the epidemiology, clinical features, diagnosis, pathologic features, staging, treatment, and prognosis of SCCB. A 52-year-old man was admitted with signs and symptoms suggestive of a bladder cancer. Computed tomography of the pelvis and abdomen showed a large tumor at the right bladder wall, measuring 10 cm in diameter, and a multinodular liver disease. Diagnosis of small cell carcinoma was established from the histological study of the transurethral resection of the bladder tumor. The patient received 12 cycles of platinum-based chemotherapy with a good partial response of bladder tumor and liver metastasis. The patient is still alive, 18 months after diagnosis.