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Published on: December 1, 2013
[Lymphoepithelioma-like bladder tumor. A rare variant.]
Eva Salas1, Laura Enguita1, Raquel Espílez2
1Servicio de Urología. Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet. España.
Introduction:
Lymphoepitheliomalikedifferentiation is a rare histological variant of urothelialbladder carcinoma, therefore its prognosis and treatmentare not clearly defined. A retrospective study of 5cases in the last 10 years in our center was performed.
Case Report:
cystectomy was performed in 4 of5 because they were non-metastatic muscle-invasivetumors at diagnosis, in the 5th TURB + BCG because itwas non-muscle-invasive. 2 patients received chemotherapyand 1 adjuvant radiotherapy, and 1 immunotherapyafter relapse. 2 had a pure lymphoepithelioma-like pattern, 2 predominant and 1 focal.
Discussion:
In predominant or pure forms, agood response to treatment with TURB and adjuvantchemotherapy has been described, even superior tocystectomy, as it is a variant with a very favorable responseto platinum. Immunotherapy is currently onlyindicated as second-line treatment.
Conclusions:
adjuvant treatment plays an importantrole as it is a highly chemosensitive variant, but more studies are needed to define the best therapeuticstrategy.
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