[Transitional cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder accompanied by signet-ring cell carcinoma: a case report]

Hinyokika Kiyo. 2003 Jul;49(7):411-3.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

A 58-year-old man visited our clinic with complaints of gross hematuria and pollakisuria. Cystoscopic examination revealed multiple non-papillary broad based tumors and reddish unstable mucosa in the bladder. The pathological specimen of the transurethral biopsy of the tumors showed signet-ring cell carcinoma predominantly and adenocarcinoma transforming into signet-ring cell carcinoma partially. A total cystectomy with ileal conduit urinary diversion was performed. The histopathological finding of the radical cystectomy specimen was grade 3 transitional cell carcinoma accompanied by adenocarcinoma. These findings suggest that the adenomatous metaplasia of transitional cell carcinoma in the bladder could differentiate into signet-ring cell carcinoma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Carcinoma, Signet Ring Cell / pathology*
  • Carcinoma, Signet Ring Cell / surgery
  • Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / pathology*
  • Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / surgery
  • Cystectomy
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / pathology*
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / surgery
  • Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / surgery