title: Primary osteosarcoma of the urinary bladder.
abstract: Primary osteosarcoma of the bladder, together with transitional cell carcinoma, occurred in a 74-year-old female presenting with haematuria and lumbago. She was treated with chemotherapy and radical cystectomy. Though it was conceived to be curative, she died of a recurrence 5 months after the operation. Primary osteosarcoma of the bladder is an unusual and highly malignant disease. In spite of radical therapy, the outcome has been dismal with some exceptions.
authors.affiliation: Division of Urology, Kyushu Central Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Okada
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hasegawa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Goto
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002295:Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary; D012516:Osteosarcoma / Q000473:pathology*; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*