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Akbulut D, Al-Ahmadie H. Updates on Urinary Bladder Tumors With Neuroendocrine Features. Adv Anat Pathol 2024; 31:169-177. [PMID: 38523484 PMCID: PMC11006587 DOI: 10.1097/pap.0000000000000433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/26/2024]
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The most common neuroendocrine tumor in the urinary bladder is small cell carcinoma, which can be pure or mixed with components of urothelial or other histologic subtypes. Large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of the bladder is rare and remains ill-defined but is increasingly recognized. Well-differentiated neuroendocrine tumor and paraganglioma can arise in the bladder but are very rare in this location. Recent advances in molecular characterization allowed for better classification and may offer improved stratification of these tumors.
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- Dilara Akbulut
- Laboratory of Pathology, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center New York, NY
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This study describes a case of urinary bladder pheochromocytoma that presented with paraneoplastic manifestation of bowel symptoms and thrombocytosis managed with laparoscopic techniques. Pheochromocytoma of the urinary bladder is rare, presenting usually with hypertension, hematuria and syncopal attacks. Such cases have usually been managed with open or laparoscopic partial cystectomy. We present a case of bladder pheochromocytoma that had unusual presenting symptoms, a paraneoplastic manifestation and was successfully managed with robotic technique.
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- Rishi Nayyar
- Department of Urology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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Many significant benign and malignant nonepithelial tumors and stromal tumor-like lesions arise in the prostate gland. Although such lesions are rare, their recognition by the pathologist is essential because their treatment and prognosis are quite variable. In this review, lesions of the specialized prostatic stroma, that is, lesions that can be seen in the stroma of the prostate but not in that of other organs, except for the phyllodes type of lesions, are discussed. Benign and malignant lesions of the soft tissues that occur in the stroma of other organs and are seen with some frequency in the prostate are also discussed. Few of the rarer soft tissue lesions are mentioned. Lesions and tumors with melanocytic differentiation, hematopoietic derivation, and germ cell tumors are described. It is hoped that this review will serve as a useful reference when encountering some of these lesions, all of which are referenced to their original and subsequent reports. Some non-English language references are also cited to reflect the international recognition of these lesions or to give credit to the author who first described the entity.
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- A Shabaik
- Department of Pathology, University of California, School of Medicine, UCSD Medical Center, San Diego, CA 92103-8720, USA
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Sharma PK, Sharma P, Saraswat B. Extra adrenal pheochromocytoma of urinary bladder. Indian J Surg 2008; 70:188-91. [PMID: 23133055 DOI: 10.1007/s12262-008-0051-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2007] [Accepted: 05/29/2008] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Pheochromocytoma of urinary bladder is rare disease causing a hypertension, palpitation, throbbing headache & hemorrhage induced by voiding. This case is reported because of rarity of this disease in urinary bladder.
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- Pramod K Sharma
- Department of Urology, Dr. S.N. Medical College & Attached Teaching Hospitals, Jodhpur, 342 003 India
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Neuroendocrine differentiation in tumors of the upper and lower urinary tracts, prostate, and testis is rare. The current review surveys the most significant pathologic and clinical features of primary neuroendocrine lesions at these sites, with emphasis on the cell types from which they derive. As many tumors in this spectrum often bear strong morphologic resemblance to similar neoplasms in other organs, the importance of considering secondary involvement of the genitourinary tract cannot be overstated.
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- Samson W Fine
- Department of Pathology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021, USA.
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Zhou M, Epstein JI, Young RH. Paraganglioma of the urinary bladder: a lesion that may be misdiagnosed as urothelial carcinoma in transurethral resection specimens. Am J Surg Pathol 2004; 28:94-100. [PMID: 14707870 DOI: 10.1097/00000478-200401000-00011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Paraganglioma of the urinary bladder is a rare tumor with characteristic histologic and immunohistochemical features. However, in our experience, it may be misdiagnosed as urothelial cancer because of 1) its frequent involvement of the muscularis propria; 2) morphology that may suggest urothelial cancer in transurethral resection specimens, particularly if there are artifactual changes induced by that procedure; 3) failure of pathologists to include it in their differential diagnosis when evaluating a bladder tumor; and 4) only a minority of the cases are associated with symptoms that might prompt consideration of the diagnosis. Distinction between paraganglioma and urothelial cancer is important because of likely different therapeutic options. In this report, we describe our experience with the histopathology of paragangliomas of the urinary bladder with emphasis on the histologic features that have led to their being misdiagnosed as conventional urothelial cancer and, most importantly, those that will help pathologists recognize this rare tumor of the bladder. Fifteen cases of paraganglioma of the urinary bladder were studied, 11 of them consult cases. They affected patients (8 male, 7 female) with a mean age of 49.5 years; only two had symptoms suggestive of the diagnosis, including hypertension during cystoscopy and episodic headache. Three consult cases were submitted with a diagnosis of "transitional cell carcinoma" and 4 with a diagnosis only of "bladder tumor." Histologically, "zellballen" and diffuse patterns were present in 12 (80%) and 3 (20%) of the cases. A delicate fibrovascular stroma was obvious in 14 (93%) cases. Other patterns included irregular nests and pseudorosette formation. Tumor necrosis, significant cautery artifact, and muscularis propria invasion were present in 1 (7%), 3 (20%) cases, and 10 (67%) cases, respectively. All 15 tumors were composed of large polygonal cells with abundant granular cytoplasm. Focal clear cells were present in 3 (20%). The nuclei were mostly uniform, although occasional pleomorphic nuclei were seen in 6 (40%) cases, and 2 (13%) had frequent pleomorphic nuclei. Mitoses were rare overall, and no abnormal mitotic figures were found. The major histologic features that led to misdiagnosis included a diffuse growth pattern, focal clear cells, necrosis, and muscularis propria invasion, with significant cautery artifact compounding the diagnostic problems. Immunohistochemically, 2 of 2 tumors were positive for neuron-specific enolase, 9 of 10 tumors for chromogranin, and 2 of 3 tumors for synaptophysin; 3 of 3 tumors were negative for cytokeratin and 1 of 1 tumor negative for HMB-45. Paraganglioma of the urinary bladder may be misdiagnosed as urothelial cancer, but a careful search for the characteristic histologic features and, if necessary, supportive immunohistochemical studies, should lead to a correct diagnosis.
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- Ming Zhou
- Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland 02114, USA
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Paragangliomas of the urinary bladder are very rare. To date, there are no reliable methods for predicting their clinical behavior, so long-term follow-up is required. We describe a paraganglioma of the urinary bladder in a 32-year-old male who presented with painless gross hematuria. Abdominal ultrasonography revealed a protruding mass with hematoma over the right lateral wall of the urinary bladder. The tumor was not completely resected by transurethral resection of bladder tumor (TURBT) due to intermingling with the bladder wall. Follow-up I131-metaiodobenzylguanidine was performed 3 weeks after surgery and suspected incomplete resection lesions were noted. Histologic examination of the tumor indicated paraganglioma of the urinary bladder. We also provide a brief review of the literature for comparison.
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- Wan-Yi Kang
- Department of Pathology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
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Dewan M, Rasshid M, Elmalik EM, Ansari MA, Morad N. Lessons to be learned: a case study approach. Paraganglioma of the urinary bladder. THE JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF HEALTH 2001; 121:193-8. [PMID: 11688307 DOI: 10.1177/146642400112100317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Primary paraganglioma arises infrequently in the urinary bladder. We present here the clinicopathological, immunohistochemical and ultrastructural findings in a 23-year-old Saudi female. She was hospitalised because of gross haematuria over the previous seven days. The intravenous urogram revealed a filling defect in the urinary bladder. Cystoscopy disclosed a non-papillary tumour arising from the roof of the bladder neck. Transurethral resection was, accordingly, performed--but marked fluctuation in blood pressure was observed during the procedure. The histopathological findings of trabeculae and small nests of plump oval to spindle cells with a clear to acidophilic cytoplasm, forming an organoid pattern and demonstrating inconspicuous mitotic activity, were diagnostic of paraganglioma of the urinary bladder, the diagnosis was confirmed by means of immunohistochemical and ultrastructural studies. The endocrine markers chromogranin A and neuron-specific enolase were positive in chief cells; sustentacular cells at the periphery of neoplastic cell clusters were positive for S-100 protein. Neurosecretory granules were identified by electron microscopic examination. It is emphasised that, currently, there are no anatomico-pathological criteria to distinguish benign and malignant forms of the disease. Post-surgical recovery was uneventful in this case. Recurrence and metastases, though infrequent, have been reported in the literature; therefore, radiation therapy may be an important adjunct--and long-term follow-up is mandatory.
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- M Dewan
- Asir Central Hospital, Post Box 34, Abha, Asir Region, Saudi Arabia
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Cheng L, Leibovich BC, Cheville JC, Ramnani DM, Sebo TJ, Neumann RM, Nascimento AG, Zincke H, Bostwick DG. Paraganglioma of the urinary bladder: can biologic potential be predicted? Cancer 2000; 88:844-52. [PMID: 10679654 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0142(20000215)88:4<844::aid-cncr15>3.0.co;2-i] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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BACKGROUND Paraganglioma of the urinary bladder is rarely encountered and its biologic behavior is uncertain. The authors sought to determine the prognostic factors that would predict patient outcome. METHODS The Mayo Clinic experience over 53 years with paraganglioma of the bladder was reviewed. All histologic slides from 16 patients were reviewed by the authors. Eight cases were examined immunohistochemically with cytokeratin (AE1/3, cytokeratin 7, and cytokeratin 20), vimentin, S-100 protein, neuroendocrine markers (chromogranin, synaptophysin, and neuron specific enolase), p53 protein, and MIB-1. DNA ploidy was determined by digital image analysis in formalin fixed, paraffin embedded tissue. The mean follow-up was 6.3 years (range, 0.4-16.4 years). RESULTS Paraganglioma usually occurred in young adult women (mean age, 45 years; range, 16-74 years). The male-to-female ratio was 1 to 3. The common symptoms and signs were hypertension and hematuria. The tumors were usually located intramurally in the lateral and posterior wall of the bladder and were multifocal in 3 cases (18%). Seven patients were treated by transurethral resection, eight by partial cystectomy, and one by radical cystectomy. T classification was T1 (1 patient), T2 (9 patients), T3 (2 patients), and T4b (4 patients). At the time of diagnosis, one patient had distant metastasis and one had regional lymph node metastasis. One patient developed metastasis 1 year after diagnosis and died of the disease 1.5 years later. None of the patients with T1 or T2 tumors had recurrence or tumor progression. All tumors were aneuploid. The mean MIB-1 labeling index was 1.5% (range, 0.03-7.0%). The tumor cells displayed immunoreactivity for S-100 protein and neuroendocrine markers and were negative for p53 (except 1 case) and cytokeratin. CONCLUSIONS Paraganglioma of the urinary bladder occurs mostly in young adult women. Patients with tumor of advanced classification (>/=T3) are at risk of recurrence, metastasis, and dying of the disease, whereas patients in this study with T1 or T2 disease had favorable outcomes after complete tumor resection.
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- L Cheng
- Department of Pathology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, USA.
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Moran CA, Albores-Saavedra J, Wenig BM, Mena H. Pigmented extraadrenal paragangliomas. A clinicopathologic and immunohistochemical study of five cases. Cancer 1997; 79:398-402. [PMID: 9010114 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0142(19970115)79:2<398::aid-cncr24>3.0.co;2-v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND Pigmented extraadrenal paragangliomas are unusual neoplasms that have rarely been reported in the literature. METHODS The clinical, pathologic, and immunohistochemical features of five cases of pigmented extraadrenal paragangliomas were reviewed. RESULTS The patients were 2 women and 3 men within the ages of 17 and 56 years (mean age: 36.5). Two neoplasms were located in the lumbar spine, one in the urinary bladder, one in the anterior mediastinum, and one in the retroperitoneum. Clinically, one patient with spinal paraganglioma presented with symptoms of numbness and weakness of the lower extremities whereas the second patient had low back pain of several weeks' duration. The paraganglioma of the bladder occurred in a pregnant woman who had symptoms of dysuria and microscopic hematuria whereas the patient with an anterior mediastinal tumor presented with chest pain. No clinical history was obtained from the patient with the retroperitoneal tumor. None of the patients had a history of hypertension. Grossly, the tumors were described as well-circumscribed, soft, and slightly hemorrhagic, and measured from 2 to 9 cm in greatest dimension. Histologically, the five tumors displayed characteristics similar to those described in these tumors, mainly the presence of an organoid or zellballen growth pattern. In addition, they contained moderate amounts of intracellular melanin pigment that focally obscured the true nature of the lesion. Immunohistochemically, four cases were positive for chromogranin whereas S-100 protein was detected in the sustentacular cells in four cases. Follow-up information ranging from 6 months to 18 years for 3 patients revealed that the patients were alive and well without recurrence or metastasis. One patient with spinal paraganglioma was lost to follow-up, and the patient with mediastinal paraganglioma was a recent case and therefore the behavior of the paraganglioma could not be assessed. CONCLUSIONS The current study expands the morphologic spectrum of extraadrenal paragangliomas and emphasizes the need to consider these tumors in the differential diagnosis of pigmented neoplasms. These findings suggest that the presence of melanin pigment does not alter the behavior of these neoplasms.
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- C A Moran
- Department of Pulmonary and Mediastinal Pathology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, DC 20306-6000, USA
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Lam KY, Chan AC. Paraganglioma of the urinary bladder: an immunohistochemical study and report of an unusual association with intestinal carcinoid. THE AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF SURGERY 1993; 63:740-5. [PMID: 8103319 DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1993.tb00507.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Two cases of paraganglioma of the urinary bladder are reported. Their immunohistochemical profiles and the clinical features are compared with other cases in the literature. The three pan-endocrine markers (neuron-specific enolase, synaptophysin and chromogrannin) were positive in both cases. Positivity to other neuropeptides (including the present two cases and those in literature) includes adrenocorticotropic hormone (three out of five cases), calcitonin (two out of nine cases), gastrin (two out of six cases), glial fibrillary acidic protein (one out of five cases), glucagon (two out of six cases), serotonin (five out of nine cases), and somatostatin (four out of eight cases). A previously unmentioned association between paraganglioma of the urinary bladder and carcinoid in the gastrointestinal tract is noted in one of the present cases. This peculiar association highlights the importance of multiplicity of tumours of the neuroendocrine system other than the classical multiple endocrine neoplasia syndromes.
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- K Y Lam
- Department of Pathology, University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital
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Nomura S, Kinoshita Y, Takeda M, Takebayashi S, Moriyama M, Noguchi K, Kubota Y, Hosaka M. A case of vesical paraganglioma behind the symphysis pubis. J Urol 1991; 146:830-2. [PMID: 1875503 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5347(17)37933-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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We report on a 15-year-old boy with a vesical paraganglioma behind the symphysis pubis. Magnetic resonance imaging and transurethral intravesical ultrasonography were helpful in the preoperative localization of the lesion.
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- S Nomura
- Department of Urology, Yokohama City University, School of Medicine, Japan
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Voges GE, Wippermann F, Düber C, Hohenfellner R. Pheochromocytoma in the pediatric age group: the prostate--an unusual location. J Urol 1990; 144:1219-21. [PMID: 2231900 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5347(17)39698-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Pheochromocytomas of the prostate are rare, with only 3 cases in adults reported in the literature. We present the case of an 8-year-old boy with a pheochromocytoma of the prostate and a second tumor in the region of the left internal iliac artery.
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- G E Voges
- Department of Urology, University of Mainz Medical School, Federal Republic of Germany
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Oesterling JE, Brendler CB, Burgers JK, Marshall FF, Epstein JI. Advanced small cell carcinoma of the bladder. Successful treatment with combined radical cystoprostatectomy and adjuvant methotrexate, vinblastine, doxorubicin, and cisplatin chemotherapy. Cancer 1990; 65:1928-36. [PMID: 2164873 DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(19900501)65:9<1928::aid-cncr2820650910>3.0.co;2-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Undifferentiated small cell carcinoma of the bladder is a rare tumor with pathologic features similar to those of oat cell carcinoma of the lung. This neuroendocrine neoplasm of the bladder has a highly malignant biological behavior; most patients present with either locally advanced or distant metastatic disease and die despite aggressive therapy. Here the histologic, immunocytochemical, and ultrastructural features of small cell carcinoma of the bladder are reviewed in detail. In addition, two patients with advanced small cell carcinoma of the bladder who were treated successfully with radical cystoprostatectomy and adjuvant methotrexate, vinblastine, doxorubicin, and cisplatin chemotherapy (M-VAC) are presented. Both men had regional lymph node involvement and are disease free at follow-up of 1 year and 2.5 years, respectively. This is the first report of combined surgical and M-VAC chemotherapy in the treatment of undifferentiated small cell carcinoma of the bladder.
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- J E Oesterling
- Department of Urology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore
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Pheochromocytoma of the bladder. World J Urol 1989. [DOI: 10.1007/bf01637380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022] Open
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Lunde S, Nesland JM, Holm R, Johannessen JV. A urinary bladder tumor in a 65-year-old man. Ultrastruct Pathol 1987; 11:79-82. [PMID: 3824568 DOI: 10.3109/01913128709023186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Burton EM, Schellhammer PF, Weaver DL, Woolfitt RA. Paraganglioma of urinary bladder in patient with neurofibromatosis. Urology 1986; 27:550-2. [PMID: 3087046 DOI: 10.1016/0090-4295(86)90341-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Pheochromocytoma in patients with von Recklinghausen's neurofibromatosis is a well-known association. However, extra-adrenal pheochromocytoma with this association is rare. Herein we report a case of urinary bladder paraganglioma in a patient with neurofibromatosis.
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Davaris P, Petraki K, Arvanitis D, Papacharalammpous N, Morakis A, Zorzos S. Urinary bladder paraganglioma (U.B.P.). Pathol Res Pract 1986; 181:101-6. [PMID: 3703738 DOI: 10.1016/s0344-0338(86)80196-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Two cases of rare vesical tumors, a paraganglioma and a malignant fibrous histiocytoma, are reported. The occurrence of these tumors within the urinary bladder is rare; their occurrence within bladder diverticula appears unique. The clinical, radiologic, and pathologic findings are summarized.
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Liu TH, Chen GS, Nan C, He ZG. Clinico-pathological and ultrastructural characteristics of pheochromocytoma. An analysis of 55 cases. Pathol Res Pract 1984; 178:355-62. [PMID: 6728717 DOI: 10.1016/s0344-0338(84)80027-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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58 tumors of pheochromocytoma from 55 cases were studied clinico-pathologically and electron-microscopically. In this series, males were predominant and the number of left adrenal pheochromocytomas was 1.6 times that of right ones. Extraadrenal pheochromocytomas amounted to 41.4%. All 5 malignant pheochromocytomas in this series arose from extraadrenal paraganglia. Two types of secretory granules corresponding to the epinephrine and norepinephrine granules in the normal adrenal medulla were discerned in all 13 tumors examined under electron microscope. The contents of different types of granules were compared with urinary catecholamine excretion, and no apparent correlation was disclosed. Large amount of "E" granules in tumor cells of some cases might be associated with very low level of urinary epinephrine, while in the other cases, the reverse was true. The amount of catecholamine excreted in urine also bore no relation to the size of the tumor.
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The literature is reviewed and 2 new cases of paraganglioma of the urinary bladder, 1 malignant and 1 benign, are presented. One patient had no classic symptoms of vesical paraganglioma, and diagnosis was made postoperatively by means of light and electron microscopy. Differentiation between malignant and benign endocrine tumor cannot be made histopathologically and biochemically. The preoperative diagnosis of bladder paraganglioma is established when there is a combination of atypical urinary symptoms and elevation of catecholamines in the urine or blood. The risk of dangerous vasomotor changes needs a multi-team approach for diagnosis and surgical treatment. The pathologic features, histochemical reactions, ultrastructural characteristics, histogenesis, methods for early diagnosis, and detection of multiple localizations or metastasis are briefly discussed. A precise family history should be obtained in any patient with an extra-adrenal paraganglioma to facilitate early diagnosis of tumors in previously unaffected family members or of additional tumors in affected relatives.
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Parisi L, Bigagli M, Nicita G, Tramonti M. Detection of a pheochromocytoma of the urinary bladder by ultrasonography. JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ULTRASOUND : JCU 1983; 11:215-217. [PMID: 6408132 DOI: 10.1002/jcu.1870110408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Pheochromocytoma of the urinary bladder is a rare neoplasm that often occurs with the unique symptom complex of micturitional attacks due to increased catecholamine secretion during detrusor activity. Analysis of 3 of our patients is added to a discussion of 97 cases reported in the world literature. Therapeutic decision is complicated by the absence of unequivocal histologic criteria of malignancy for these tumors. Future perspectives in determining the malignant potential of pheochromocytoma are presented and our treatment plan elaborated.
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Tosi G, Giordano R, Peluzzari L, Signorelli G, Bastianello P, Gasparella V. La Citologia Urinaria in Un Caso Di Paraganglioma Vescicale. Urologia 1981. [DOI: 10.1177/039156038104800630] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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- G. Tosi
- Servizio di Anatomia Patologica
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A typical case of pheochromocytoma of the bladder is presented, and reported cases are reviewed.
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A 69-year-old man showed symptoms of urinary bladder irritability and hematuria. Cystoscopy and radiographic studies revealed a tumor within a bladder diverticulum. The tumor shared histologic and ultrastructural features with oat cell carcinoma of the lung, including the presence of small numbers of neurosecretory type granules. In spite of conservative surgical treatment, there has been no evidence of recurrent or metastatic tumor over 14 months of follow-up. Hypophosphatemia was present preoperatively, but resolved spontaneously after tumor resection. In regard to histogenesis, a metaplastic origin is favored. This appears to be the first reported case of a neoplasm of Kultschitzky-type cells arising in the urinary bladder.
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Raper AJ, Jessee EF, Texter JH, Giffler RF, Hietala TS. Pheochromocytoma of the urinary bladder: a broad clinical spectrum. Am J Cardiol 1977; 40:820-4. [PMID: 920620 DOI: 10.1016/0002-9149(77)90204-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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A case of pheochromocytoma of the urinary bladder is reported, and 35 perviously reported cases are analyzed. This interesting entity can present with symptoms of catecholamine excess and severe hypertensive spells (often micturition-induced) or as asymptomatic hematuria without hypertension. The present case represents the severest end of the clinical spectrum, with advancing acute retinopathy and visual loss, very high blood pressure and greatly increased catecholamine excretion. Several special precautions were utilized during diagnostic studies and surgery. On the whole, prognosis is excellent in nonmalignant cases properly handled, and the location of the tumor provides opportunity for early case finding and complete cure.
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Leong CH, Wong KK, Saw D. Asymptomatic phaeochromocytoma of the bladder co-existing with carcinoma. BRITISH JOURNAL OF UROLOGY 1976; 48:123-6. [PMID: 953419 DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410x.1976.tb02996.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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A case of asymptomatic phaeochromocytoma occurring in co-existence with a transitional cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder is reported and the significant characteristics discussed.
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Deklerk DP, Catalona WJ, Nime FA, Freeman C. Malignant pheochromocytoma of the bladder: the late development of renal cell carcinoma. J Urol 1975; 113:864-8. [PMID: 1152163 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5347(17)59601-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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A case of malignant pheochromocytoma of the bladder associated with renal cell carcinoma is described. The necessity for long-term followup in such cases is stressed. This case provides further documentation of the association of pheochromocytoma with renal cell carcinoma, an association which may occur more frequently than would be dictated by chance alone. It is suggested that these cases may represent von Hippel-Lindau disease with incomplete penetrance.
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Bogaert MG, Vermeulen A. Pheochromocytoma of the urinary bladder, with inconclusive chemical and pharmacologic tests. Am J Med 1972; 53:797-800. [PMID: 4634733 DOI: 10.1016/0002-9343(72)90199-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Lauper NT, Tyce GM, Sheps SG, Carney JA. Pheochromocytoma. Fine structural, biochemical and clinical observations. Am J Cardiol 1972; 30:197-204. [PMID: 5044474 DOI: 10.1016/0002-9149(72)90058-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Doctor VM, Phadke AG, Sirsat MV. Pheochromocytoma of the urinary bladder. BRITISH JOURNAL OF UROLOGY 1972; 44:351-5. [PMID: 5039767 DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410x.1972.tb10089.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Coggin MJ, Finberg J, Adamson AR, Joekes AM. Phaeochromocytoma of the urinary bladder with acute oliguric renal failure: the use of a plasma catecholamine assay in diagnosis. Postgrad Med J 1971; 47:238-42. [PMID: 5576493 PMCID: PMC2467094 DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.47.546.238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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