Ectopic colonic epithelium of the bladder complicated by development of an adenocarcinoma.
A case of a female patient with an adenocarcinoma of the bladder emerging from ectopic colonic epithelium is reported. Although urothelial metaplasia in itself is not a premalignant lesion, patients with metaplasia of the bladder epithelium should be followed up very strictly since malignant degeneration has been proved to occur.
Willemen
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Department of Urology, St.-Pieters Hospital, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium.
Van Poppel
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Baert
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D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D002828:Choristoma / Q000473:pathology*; D003106:Colon; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery