Primary signet ring cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder. Review of the literature and report of two cases.

Abstract

The signet ring cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder is a rare neoplasm; the 70 cases found in the literature pursued a fulminant and mostly fatal course; the neoplasms diffusely invaded the bladder wall without forming intraluminal growths and could not be controlled by segmental resection, radiotherapy and chemotherapy alone or in combination. We herewith present 2 cases of primary signet ring cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder--one associated with high-grade transitional cell carcinoma and in situ carcinoma--and review the literature.

• Authors: T Erdoğru, I Kiliçaslan, T Esen, H Ander, O Ziylan, V Uysal
• Journal: Urologia internationalis (Urol Int) Vol. 55 Issue 1 Pg. 34-7 ( 1995) ISSN: 0042-1138 [Print] Switzerland
• PMID: 7571182 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article, Review)

Topics

• Carcinoma in Situ (pathology)
• Carcinoma, Signet Ring Cell (pathology)
• Carcinoma, Transitional Cell (pathology)
• Humans
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Urinary Bladder Neoplasms (pathology)