title: [Bladder tumors in patients under 40 yr of age. Our experience and review of the literature].
abstract: During a period spanning 11 years, 392 patients diagnosed as having tumor of the bladder were treated at our department. Of these, 9 were patients under age 40. We compared the anatomopathological features and course of the disease. The foregoing condition was suspected on the basis of the urographic findings. We emphasize the need to perform endoscopic inspection and urinary cytology before discarding the presence of a bladder tumor. The anatomopathologic conditions of anaplasia and infiltration are frequently more favourable in this younger patient group, indicating a better prognosis. However, the natural history of tumors with histopathologically similar features is not influenced by age.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Urología del Hospital de Alicante (SVS), Alicante, España.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gassó Matoses
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pelluch Auladell
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Megías Garrigós
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Romero Pérez
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sánchez Marcos
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mira Llinares
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002295:Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000453:epidemiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology
vernacular_title: Tumores vesicales en pacientes menores de cuarenta años. Nuestra experiencia y revisión de la literatura.