Hemangiopericytoma of the bladder after polyvinyl alcohol exposure.
A patient with hemangiopericytoma of the bladder following intensive exposure to polyvinyl alcohol is reported. Some early studies on polymer carcinogenesis are reviewed and recent work on vinyl chloride as a mutagen and potent carcinogen is cited. The need for epidemiologic and animal studies of other monomers is presented.
D000328:Adult; D006393:Hemangiopericytoma / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011142:Polyvinyl Alcohol / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000473:pathology
D011142:Polyvinyl Alcohol