A CASE OF SARCOMATOID CARCINOMA IN THE REGION OF THE FEMALE URETHRA

Autor: Yoshinobu Komai, Masayasu Urushibara, Shinji Morimoto, Kunihiko Sakai, Kazutaka Saito
Rok vydání: 2005
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Zdroj: The Japanese Journal of Urology. 96:650-653
ISSN: 1884-7110
0021-5287
DOI: 10.5980/jpnjurol1989.96.650
Popis: A 78-year-old woman was presented with bleeding in the region of the genitalia. The tumor arose from the urinary meatus and biopsy was performed. The pathological examination revealed sarcomatoid carcinoma which was composed of squamous cell carcinoma and spindle cell sarcoma. She underwent urethrectomy and suprapubic cystostomy. She is alive at 26-month follow-up, after local radiation therapy of 50 Gy to the recurrence sites.
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