Small cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder: a case report and review of the literature.
Small cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder is extremely rare. In this report, a case of non-metastatic small cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder treated by systemic chemotherapy followed by adjuvant external radiotherapy, with a brief review of the epidemiology, clinical features, diagnosis, pathological features, staging, treatment and prognosis about this neoplasm is reported. A 53 years old man attended with sign and symptoms suggestive of a bladder cancer. Computed tomography of the whole abdomen showed a large tumour at right lateral wall of the bladder. Transurethral resection and histopathological study of the bladder tumour established the diagnosis of a small cell carcinoma. The patient received six cycles of platinum based chemotherapy with adjuvant locoregional external radiotherapy. He had an invasive bladder recurrence thirteen months later and died shortly afterwards.
Chhaya
C
Roy
Asit Ranjan
AR
Deb
Madhumay
M
Pal
Diptimoy
D
Das
Ananya
A
Mandal
Sima
S
Mukhopadhyay
D018288:Carcinoma, Small Cell / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*