The histogenesis of clear cell adenocarcinoma of the lower urinary tract: Case series and review of the literature

Human Pathology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 248-252

  Drew, Peter A ^a   Murphy, William M ^b   Civantos, Francisco ^b   Speights, V O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

clear cell adenocarcinoma; immunohistochemistry; ultrastructure; urethra; urinary bladder

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE PROSTATE ISOENZYME; CA 125 ANTIGEN; GLYCOGEN; MUCIN; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ARTICLE; BLADDER; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CLEAR CELL CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HISTOGENESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MUELLERIAN DUCT; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; PROGNOSIS; URETHRA; URETHRA CARCINOMA;

EID: 0029921172     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0046-8177(96)90064-7     Document Type: Article

References (32)

1. Peven DR, Hidvegi DF: Clear cell adenocarcinoma of the female urethra. Acta Cytol 29:142-146, 1985
2. Hull MT, Eglen DE, Davis T, et al: Glycogen-rich clear cell carcinoma of the urethra: An ultrastructural study. Ultrastruct Pathol 11:421-427, 1987
3. Chor PJ, Gaum LD, Young RH: Clear cell adenocarcinoma of the urinary bladder: Report of a case of probable müllerian origin. Mod Pathol 6:225-228, 1993
4. Epstein JI, Woodruff JM: Adenocarcinoma of the prostate with endometrioid features: A light microscopic and immunohistochemical study of ten cases. Cancer 57:111-119, 1986
5. Weinert N, Luchtrath H, Secliger H, et al: Papillary carcinoma of the prostate, location, morphology and immunohistochemistry: The histogenesis and entity of so-called endometrioid carcinoma. Prostate 10:123-131, 1987
6. Spencer JR, Brodin AG, Ignatoff JM: Clear cell adenocarcinoma of the urethra: Evidence for origin within paraurethral ducts. J Urol 143:122-125, 1990
7. Young RH, Scully RE: Clear cell adenocarcinoma of the bladder and urethra: A report of three cases and a review of the literature. AmJ Surg Pathol 9:816-826, 1985
8. Murphy WM, Beckwith JB, Farrow GM: Atlas of tumor pathology: Tumors of the kidney, bladder and related urinary structures (third series, fascicle 11). Washington, DC, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, 1994, pp 299-304
9. Koelma IA, Nap M, Rodenburg CJ, et al: The value of tumour marker CA-125 in surgical pathology. Histopathology 11:287-294, 1987
10. Levine RL: Urethral cancer. Cancer 45:1965-1972, 1980
11. Kern WH: The grade and pathologic stage of bladder cancer. Cancer 53:1185-1189, 1984
12. Kanokogi M, Uematsu K, Kakudo K, et al: Mesonephric adenocarcinoma of the urinary bladder: An autopsy case. J Surg Oncol 22:118-120, 1983
13. Schultz RE, Block MJ, Tomaszewski JE, et al: Mesonephric adenocarcinoma of the bladder. J Urol 132:263-265, 1984
14. Skor AB, Warren MM: Mesonephric adenocarcinoma of bladder. Urology 10:64-65, 1977
15. Dow JA, Young JD: Mesonephric adenocarcinoma of the bladder. J Urol 100:466-469, 1968
16. Pegoraro V, Cosciani-Cunico S, Grariotti PP, et al: L'adeno-carcinome mesonephrique de la vessie. J d'Urologie 88:531-532, 1982
17. Cea PC, Ward JN, Lavengood RW, et al: Mesonephric adenocarcinomas in urethral diverticula. Urology 10:58-61, 1977
18. Murauama T, Komatsu H, Asano M, et al: Mesonephric adenocarcinoma of the urethra in a woman: Report of a case. J Urol 120:500-501, 1978
19. Assimos DG, O'Conor VJ: Clear cell adenocarcinoma of the urethra. J Urol 131:540-541, 1984
20. Schnoy N, Leistenschneider W: Tumor of mesonephric origin in a diverticulum of the urethra: An ultrastructural study. Virchows Arch [A] 397:335-345, 1982
21. Tanabe ET, Mazur MT, Schaeffer J: Clear cell adenocarcinoma of the female urethra: Clinical and ultrastructural study suggesting a unique neoplasm. Cancer 49:372-378, 1982
22. Ingram EA, DePauw P: Adenocarcinoma of the male urethra with associated nephrogenic metaplasia: Case report and review of the literature. Cancer 55:160-164, 1985
23. Konnak JW: Mesonephric carcinoma involving the urethra. J Urol 110:76-78, 1973
24. Altwein JE, Schafer R, Hokenfellner R: Mesenephric carcinoma of the female urethra. Eur Urol 1:248-250, 1975
25. Philipson BM, Himmelman A, Johansson S, et al: Clear cell adenocarcinoma of the urethra: A case report. Scand J Urol Nephrol 15:327-329, 1981
26. Cantrell BB, Leifer G, DeKlerk DP, et al: Papillary adenocarcinoma of the prostatic urethra with clear cell appearance. Cancer 48:2661-2667, 1981
27. Meis JM, Ayala AG, Johnson DE: Adenocarcinoma of the urethra in women: A clinicopathologic study. Cancer 60:1038-1052, 1987
28. Saint Martin G, Doria M, Blumstein A, et al: Clear cell carcinoma of the urethra and urinary bladder: A study of eight cases. Mod Pathol 7:82A, 1994 (abstr)
29. Kabawat SE, Bast RC, Welch WR, et al: Immunopathologic characterization of a monoclonal antibody that recognizes common surface antigens in human ovarian tumours of serous, endometrioid and clear cell types. AmJ Clin Pathol 79:98-104, 1983
30. Kabawat SE, Bast RC, Bhan AK, et al: Tissue distribution of a coelomic-epithelium-related antigen recognized by the monoclonal antibody OC125. Int J Gyneacol Pathol 2:275-285, 1983
31. Koelma IA, Nap M, Rodenburg CJ, et al: The value of tumour marker CA125 in surgical pathology. Histopathology 11:287-294, 1987
32. Kotliar SN, Wood CG, Schaeffer AJ, et al: Transitional cell carcinoma exhibiting clear cell features: A differential diagnosis for clear cell adenocarcinoma of the urinary tract. Arch Pathol Lab Med 119:79-81, 1995