Primary clear-cell adenocarcinoma of the proximal female urethra: Case report and review of the literature

Clinical Genitourinary Cancer

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 131-133

  Miller, Joe ^a,c   Karnes, R Jeffrey ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior exenteration; Radical urethrectomy; Urethral carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER BIOPSY; BLADDER INJURY; CANCER CELL; CANCER THERAPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYSTOSCOPY; FEMALE; HEMATURIA; HISTOGENESIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; ILEAL CONDUIT; LEUKOCYTE; LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOM; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PELVIS LYMPH NODE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RADICAL URETHRECTOMY; SMOKING; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; URETHRA CARCINOMA; URETHRA INJURY; URETHRA PRIMARY CLEAR CELL ADENOCARCINOMA; URETHRA SURGERY; URINALYSIS; URINARY DIVERSION; URINE CYTOLOGY; UTERINE ENDOCERVIX; UTERUS; UTERUS MYOMA; VAGINA RECONSTRUCTION; ADENOCARCINOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REVIEW; URETHRA TUMOR;

ADENOCARCINOMA, CLEAR CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; URETHRAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 58149186096     PISSN: 15587673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3816/CGC.2008.n.022     Document Type: Article

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