Urothelial carcinoma with sarcomatoid/osteosarcoma variant of the bladder: A case report

A 67-year-old man was diagnosed with non-muscle invasive bladder cancer and underwent transurethral resection of the lesions in August 2017. The pathological findings revealed high-grade urothelial carcinoma. The tumor relapsed as urothelial carcinoma with sarcomatoid/osteosarcoma variant with vascu...

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Published inSAGE open medical case reports Vol. 8; p. 2050313
Main Authors Murata, Masaki, Hasegawa, Go, Inui, Kohei, Ikeda, Yohei, Hasegawa, Moto, Hara, Noboru, Nakagawa, Yuki, Nishiyama, Tsutomu
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London, England SAGE Publications 01.06.2020
Sage Publications Ltd
SAGE Publishing
Subjects
Bladder cancer
Bone cancer
Case Report
Case reports
Sarcoma
sarcomatoid/osteosarcoma variant
Bladder cancer
transurethral resection in one piece
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Summary:A 67-year-old man was diagnosed with non-muscle invasive bladder cancer and underwent transurethral resection of the lesions in August 2017. The pathological findings revealed high-grade urothelial carcinoma. The tumor relapsed as urothelial carcinoma with sarcomatoid/osteosarcoma variant with vascular invasion, and transurethral resection was performed in December 2017. He underwent laparoscopic radical cystoprostatectomy and orthotopic neobladder reconstruction using ileum in March 2018. The patient developed lung metastasis in July 2018. He underwent four courses of chemotherapy with doxorubicin and thoracoscopic left lower lobectomy of the lung in October 2018.
ISSN:2050-313X
2050-313X
DOI:10.1177/2050313X20927615