[Clinical case of the month. Abdominal wall hematoma and macroscopic hematuria in a 95 year-old patient].
We report the case of a 95 year-old female patient who died from hypovolemic shock caused by severe hematuria and abdominal hemorrhage. The necropsy demonstrated a primary signet-ring cell adenocarcinoma of the urinary bladder. The diagnosis, prognosis and histogenesis of this uncommon tumor are discussed.
Delbecque
K
K
Université de Liège, Département d'Anatomie et Cytologie pathologiques.
Smitz
S
S
Delvenne
P
P
Boniver
J
J
D000009:Abdominal Muscles; D000230:Adenocarcinoma; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D018279:Carcinoma, Signet Ring Cell / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006406:Hematoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology*; D006417:Hematuria / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D011379:Prognosis; D012769:Shock / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology