title: Glassy cell carcinoma of the urethra.
abstract: Glassy cell carcinoma is a poorly differentiated form of adenosquamous carcinoma that has never been reported in the urinary tract. We present the first case of primary glassy cell carcinoma of the urethra in a 48-year-old woman. She presented with a newly developed bulky mass protruding from her urethra. A biopsy of this mass revealed sheets of large polygonal cells with a "ground-glass" cytoplasm among a heavy inflammatory infiltrate, establishing the diagnosis of glassy cell carcinoma of the urethra. Treatment of her tumor included a combined surgical and chemotherapeutic approach.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC, USA.
authors.forename: Steven J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Weissbart
authors.forename: Fernando J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Bianco
authors.forename: Tiffany
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sotelo
authors.forename: Mohamed A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Atalla
authors.forename: Isabell A
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Sesterhenn
authors.forename: Thomas W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Jarrett
mesh_terms: D018196:Carcinoma, Adenosquamous / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D014523:Urethral Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*