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An Orthotopic Model of Murine Bladder Cancer
Published on: February 6, 2011
[Hematuria as the first sign of pelvic chondrosarcoma]
J Salvador-Marín1, L Izquierdo-Plazas1, S Ausina-Gómez1
1Servicio de Cirugía Ortopédica y Traumatología. Unidad de Tumores Musculoesqueléticos. Hospital Universitario Sant Joan d' Alacant. Alicante, España.
Abstract:
Chondrosarcoma is a malignant tumor which often affects the pelvic ring and its symptomathology is non-specific and insidious. We display a case of a right iliopubic branch chondrosarcoma in a 62-year-old male whose first sing was a four-year history of sporadic macroscopic haematuria, related to efforts. After being studied by the Urology Department by cystoscopy and biopsy of bladder tumor, chondral cells were appreciated. Further study with imaging tests diagnosed low-grade chondrosarcoma with bladder infringement. The case is assessed by Musculoskeletal Tumors Committee and a multidisciplinary approach is carried out through en bloc resection and pelvic floor reconstruction. Currently the patient remains asymptomatic.
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