title: [Treatment of distal urethral cancer by laser coagulation].
abstract: Primary carcinoma of the urethra is a rare lesion, and there are no standard therapeutical modalities suggested in the literature. We report the case of a 65-year-old woman with transitional cell carcinoma of the distal urethra and metastasis to the inguinal lymph nodes (T2 N1 MO G2). Locally, the lesion was treated by Nd:YAG laser coagulation in four sessions. Ileoinguinal and pelvic lymph-node dissection was performed as a diagnostic and therapeutic procedure. Twenty-eight months after the initial treatment, no evidence of tumor recurrence has been found, although extensive biopsy specimens have been taken. Clinical staging showed no evidence of metastases.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Urologie, Medizinischen Universität Lübeck.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Dann
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schüller
authors.forename: N T
authors.initials: NT
authors.lastname: Schmeller
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Arnholdt
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Hofstetter
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D002295:Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D014521:Urethra / Q000473:pathology; D014523:Urethral Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*
vernacular_title: Behandlung des distalen Urethrakarzinoms durch Laserkoagulation.