Incidental Diagnosis of Nonfunctional Bladder Paraganglioma

Nonfunctional bladder paragangliomas may present clinical, radiology and pathological features similar to bladder cancer, so knowledge of this generally benign neuroendocrine neoplasm is of great importance to avoid misdiagnosis. We present the case of a patient with no clinical symptoms of paragang...

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Veröffentlicht in:Urology case reports 2016-01, Vol.4 (C), p.53-54
Hauptverfasser: Spessoto, Luís Cesar Fava, Vasilceac, Fábio Augusto, Padilha, Thiago Litaiff, de Arruda, Pedro Francisco Ferraz, Gatti, Marcio, de Arruda, José Germano Ferraz, Pessutti, Daniel, Antoniassi, Thiago da Silveira, Costa Neto, José de Mendonça, Facio, Fernando Nestor
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Zusammenfassung:Nonfunctional bladder paragangliomas may present clinical, radiology and pathological features similar to bladder cancer, so knowledge of this generally benign neuroendocrine neoplasm is of great importance to avoid misdiagnosis. We present the case of a patient with no clinical symptoms of paraganglioma and with radiological and cystoscopy examination results suggestive of urothelial carcinoma but with pathological diagnosis of paraganglioma.
ISSN:2214-4420
2214-4420
DOI:10.1016/j.eucr.2015.09.007