title: Neuroendocrine carcinoma of the urinary bladder: case report and review of the literature.
abstract: Small and large cell neuroendocrine carcinomas of the urinary bladder are rare and usually coexist with urothelial carcinoma in elderly patients. Here we report the clinical case of a young smoker who was referred to our institution for a primary pure neuroendocrine carcinoma of the bladder, and review the existing literature on small and large cell neuroendocrine carcinomas of the urinary bladder.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Sant'Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy. alessandro@bertaccini.net
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bertaccini
authors.forename: Debora
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Marchiori
authors.forename: Antonia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cricca
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Garofalo
authors.forename: Catia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Giovannini
authors.forename: Fabio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Manferrari
authors.forename: Tiziana Gemma
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Gerace
authors.forename: Remigio
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pernetti
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Martorana
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D018278:Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*