Squamous cell carcinoma at bladder exstrophy site after early cystectomy

Patients with bladder exstrophy–epispadias complex (BEEC) are at risk for bladder cancer, usually this presents as adenocarcinoma (Smeulders “BJU Int” 87:623–628, 2001 ). Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is rare, with only 13 documented case reports. This is a case of SCC in a 78-year-old man with BEEC...

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Veröffentlicht in:Pediatric surgery international 2015-11, Vol.31 (11), p.1107-1110
Hauptverfasser: Lane, Giulia Ippolito, Kwaan, Mary, Lewis, Jane
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Patients with bladder exstrophy–epispadias complex (BEEC) are at risk for bladder cancer, usually this presents as adenocarcinoma (Smeulders “BJU Int” 87:623–628, 2001 ). Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is rare, with only 13 documented case reports. This is a case of SCC in a 78-year-old man with BEEC who underwent cystectomy and ureterosigmoidostomy in childhood.
ISSN:0179-0358
1437-9813
DOI:10.1007/s00383-015-3725-9