title: Primary carcinoid tumor of urinary bladder discovered on pelvic magnetic resonance imaging.
abstract: Pure primary carcinoid tumor of the urinary bladder is an exceedingly rare lesion with less than twenty cases reported in the English language literature. These tumors are typically small and rarely invade past the lamina propria. Amenable to transurethral resection alone, they are associated with a favorable prognosis. We present a case of pure primary carcinoid tumor of the bladder discovered on T2-weighted pelvic magnetic resonance imaging.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California 90095-1738, USA. alkaplan@mednet.ucla.edu
authors.forename: Alan L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Kaplan
authors.forename: Daniel J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Margolis
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Said
authors.forename: Arnold I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Chin
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D010388:Pelvis / Q000473:pathology*; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000473:pathology*; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*