Mucinous adenocarcinoma in defunctionalized bladders.
Primary adenocarcinoma of the bladder accounts for less than 2% of all bladder cancers. There is no report of such a case in a defunctionalized bladder. All reported cases of carcinoma in defunctionalized bladders were either squamous cell, signet ring cell, or transitional cell carcinoma, detected within an average of 5 years after urinary diversion, and all have been associated with chronic inflammation of the bladder. We report on 2 cases of adenocarcinoma that developed in defunctionalized bladders 30 and 8 years after ileal loop diversion for prune belly syndrome and neurogenic bladder, respectively.
Djavan
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Department of Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas 75235-9110, USA.
Litwiller
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Milchgrub
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Roehrborn
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D002288:Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D007082:Ileum / Q000601:surgery; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011535:Prune Belly Syndrome / Q000601:surgery; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D014547:Urinary Diversion