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01-12-2010 | Case Report

Non-muscle invasive bladder cancer with concomitant vaginal urothelial carcinoma: a case report and review of the literature

Authors: Gou Kaneko, Eiji Kikuchi, Masanori Hasegawa, Akira Miyajima, Ken Nakagawa, Kaori Kameyama, Mototsugu Oya

Published in: International Journal of Clinical Oncology | Issue 6/2010

Abstract

A 74-year-old female was referred to our hospital for non-muscle invasive bladder tumors initially treated at another hospital. Preoperatively, computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated non-muscle invasive bladder tumors and a vaginal tumor. A second transurethral resection of the bladder tumors, transvaginal tumor resection, and systemic chemotherapy were performed. The histopathological appearances of both tumors were very similar and the diagnoses were urothelial carcinoma (UC). The pathogenesis of the vaginal UC was considered to be the primary UC or metastasis from the bladder UC. Vaginal UC is extremely rare and this is only the 15th report in the literature.

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Title: Non-muscle invasive bladder cancer with concomitant vaginal urothelial carcinoma: a case report and review of the literature
Authors: Gou Kaneko
Eiji Kikuchi
Masanori Hasegawa
Akira Miyajima
Ken Nakagawa
Kaori Kameyama
Mototsugu Oya
Publication date: 01-12-2010
Publisher: Springer Japan
Published in: International Journal of Clinical Oncology / Issue 6/2010
Print ISSN: 1341-9625
Electronic ISSN: 1437-7772
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10147-010-0097-y

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