[Beta-hCG producing urothelial carcinoma of the urinary bladder: a case report].
A 74-year-old man visited our hospital presenting with pollakisuria. Cystoscopy revealed a bladder cancer with necrotic tissue. The patient was initially treated by transurethral resection of bladder tumor (TUR-Bt). Pathologically, the tumor was shown to be a carcinoma of bladder with human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) positivity. After TUR-Bt, chemotherapy with M-VAC (methotrexate, vinblastine, adriamycine and cisplatin) was performed. This patient is still alive eight months after resection. To our knowledge, there are 37 cases of beta-hCG-producing urothelial carcinoma of the urinary bladder reported in the Japanese literature.
Department of Urology, NTT West Osaka Hospital.
Koichi
K
Sugimoto
Kiyoshi
K
Hashimoto
Atsunobu
A
Esa
Young-Chol
YC
Park
D000368:Aged; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000628:therapy; D018997:Chorionic Gonadotropin, beta Subunit, Human / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009384:Paraneoplastic Endocrine Syndromes / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000628:therapy; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000628:therapy
D018997:Chorionic Gonadotropin, beta Subunit, Human