title: [Primary epidermoid carcinoma of the bladder. Its diagnosis and treatment and a review of the literature].
abstract: Presentation of four patients with primary plain epidermoid carcinoma of the bladder. The patients, three men and one woman, aged 50-74 years, presented clinically with gross haematuria and irritative mictional syndrome; their background was prostatism with in-dwelling vesical catheter and repeat urinary infections. Revision of the immunohistochemical pattern and the clinico-pathological differential diagnosis, as well as the pathoetiology, biological behaviour and management of this uncommon type of tumour.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Urología, Complejo Hospitalario de Ciudad Real.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Laguna Urraca
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: García Rojo
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Tudela Patón
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Benítez Navio
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Casanueva Luis
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gallardo Galán
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery
vernacular_title: Carcinoma epidermoide primario de vejiga. Diagnóstico, tratamiento y revisión de la literatura.