title: Clinical course of plasmacytoid urothelial carcinoma of the upper urinary tract: a case report.
abstract: Plasmacytoid urothelial carcinoma of the bladder represents a rare and aggressive variant of urothelial carcinoma, which is usually diagnosed at an advanced pathologic stage. Until now, no reports exist on this rare tumor type in the upper urinary tract. Herein, we present the first report on the clinical course of a metastatic plasmacytoid urothelial carcinoma of the renal pelvis and show its unfavorable outcome despite multimodal therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany. bastian.keck @ uk-erlangen.de
authors.forename: Bastian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Keck
authors.forename: Johannes
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Giedl
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kunath
authors.forename: Peter Juergen
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Goebell
authors.forename: Dirk Gerhard
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Engehausen
authors.forename: Arndt
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hartmann
authors.forename: Bernd
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wullich
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001706:Biopsy; D016190:Carboplatin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary / Q000628:therapy*; D059248:Chemoradiotherapy; D017024:Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; D003841:Deoxycytidine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D007682:Kidney Pelvis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D009392:Nephrectomy; D017211:Treatment Failure; D019459:Urothelium / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D000093542:Gemcitabine
chemical_list: D003841:Deoxycytidine; D016190:Carboplatin; D000093542:Gemcitabine