Surgical management for giant bladder leiomyosarcoma

Surgical management for giant bladder leiomyosarcoma

While urothelial carcinoma is the most common histologic type of bladder cancer in the United States, leiomyosarcoma is a rare and aggressive variant. The rarity of bladder leiomyosarcoma results in uncertainty regarding the optimal treatment pathway. We report on a patient with a giant non-metastat...

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Veröffentlicht in:Urology case reports 2022-05, Vol.42, p.101995, Article 101995
Hauptverfasser: Hart, Alexander A., Schlaepfer, Charles H., Dhungana, Neha, Milhem, Mohammed M., Packiam, Vignesh T.
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Sprache:eng
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Cystoprostoprostatectomy
Leiomyosarcoma
Oncology
Radical cystectomy
Urology
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Zusammenfassung:While urothelial carcinoma is the most common histologic type of bladder cancer in the United States, leiomyosarcoma is a rare and aggressive variant. The rarity of bladder leiomyosarcoma results in uncertainty regarding the optimal treatment pathway. We report on a patient with a giant non-metastatic bladder leiomyosarcoma effectively managed with primary surgical intervention without chemoradiation.
ISSN:2214-4420
2214-4420
DOI:10.1016/j.eucr.2022.101995