A rare case of clear cell adenocarcinoma of the bladder with unique pathological features

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 333, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 63-65

  Adams, Betsy ^a   Sawhney, Rishi ^a   Sheil, Amy ^a   Chaudhary, Uzair B ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

CA 125; Clear cell adenocarcinoma of the bladder; Pathologic characteristics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLADDER CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; CLEAR CELL CARCINOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYSTECTOMY; CYSTOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION;

ADENOCARCINOMA, CLEAR CELL; CA-125 ANTIGEN; CYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33846209579     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000441-200701000-00010     Document Type: Article

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