title: Sarcomatoid carcinoma of the urinary bladder: 3 case reports.
abstract: Three cases of sarcomatoid carcinoma of the urinary bladder are considered. The patients were 2 males, aged 68 and 81 years, and a 79-year-old female. Transurethral resection of the bladder tumor (TUR-BT) and consecutive radical cystectomy were performed in all patients. Local progression of bladder tumors just after TUR-BT was recognized in the 2 younger patients, each of whom died due to recurrence after radical cystectomy. Because of the extremely aggressive malignant potential of sarcomatoid carcinomas, the indications for TUR-BT should be carefully assessed and suitable therapeutic strategies should be examined further.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Tottori University Faculty of Medicine, Yonago, Japan. seji3452@grape.med.tottori-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sejima
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Miyagawa
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001706:Biopsy; D002296:Carcinosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003558:Cystoscopy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy