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An Orthotopic Model of Murine Bladder Cancer
Published on: February 6, 2011
[Transformation of glandular cystitis into bladder transitional carcinoma with adenocarcinoma areas]
D García Rojo1, A Prera Vilaseca, A Sáez Artacho
1Unidad de Urología (Servicio de Cirugía), Consorci Hospitalari Parc Tauli, Barcelona, España.
Objective:
The association of cystitis glandularis with primary bladder tumors is well known. A case of cystitis glandularis progressing to transitional cell carcinoma is described and the literature briefly reviewed.
Methods/Results:
We report on a case of diffuse cystitis glandularis in whom progression to transitional cell carcinoma with areas of adenocarcinoma had been discovered. Treatment was by radical cystectomy with urinary diversion.
Conclusion:
Extensive and diffuse cystitis glandularis can be a potentially malignant lesion. Patients with diffuse cystitis glandularis should have a regular cystoscopic follow-up for early detection of progression to a bladder tumor.
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