Adenocarcinoma of the female urethra: Clear-cell variant

Adenocarcinoma of the female urethra: Clear-cell variant

Abstract Primary urethral carcinoma is a rare malignancy with an annual age-adjusted incidence rate of 1.5 per million in females in the U.S. The three main histologic subtypes include transitional-cell carcinoma, squamous-cell carcinoma, and adenocarcinoma. Of these, adenocarcinoma is the least com...

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Veröffentlicht in:Radiology case reports 2011, Vol.6 (3), p.490, Article 490
Hauptverfasser: Caplan, Jordan, MD, Hartman, Matthew, MD, Rooker, Gina, MD
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Abstract Primary urethral carcinoma is a rare malignancy with an annual age-adjusted incidence rate of 1.5 per million in females in the U.S. The three main histologic subtypes include transitional-cell carcinoma, squamous-cell carcinoma, and adenocarcinoma. Of these, adenocarcinoma is the least common. Female urethral carcinomas are aggressive neoplasms with a generally poor prognosis. We report a case of the clear-cell variant of adenocarcinoma.
ISSN:1930-0433
1930-0433
DOI:10.2484/rcr.v6i3.490