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'''Adenocarcinoma of the [[urinary bladder]]''', also '''primary adenocarcinoma of the urinary bladder''', is a very uncommon malignant bladder tumour.
'''Adenocarcinoma of the urinary bladder''', also '''primary adenocarcinoma of the urinary bladder''', is a very uncommon [[cancer|malignant]] [[urinary bladder|bladder]] tumour.


==General==
==General==
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Clinical:
Clinical:
*Like [[urothelial carcinoma]] - usu. hematuria.
*Like [[urothelial carcinoma]] - usu. hematuria.<ref name=pmid11762445/>


==Microscopic==
==Microscopic==
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*CK7 +ve.
*CK7 +ve.
*CK20 +ve.
*CK20 +ve.
==See also==
*[[Urinary bladder]].
*[[Adenocarcinoma]].


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 01:10, 6 December 2013

Adenocarcinoma of the urinary bladder, also primary adenocarcinoma of the urinary bladder, is a very uncommon malignant bladder tumour.

General

Clinical:

Microscopic

Features:

  • Nuclear pleomorphism.
  • Glandular differentiation.
  • No urothelial differentiation.[2]

DDx:

IHC

Features - variable:[3]

  • CK7 +ve.
  • CK20 +ve.

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Ranadive, NU.; Trivedi, VD.; Gadgil, NM. (Oct 1999). "Primary adenocarcinoma of the urinary bladder: a study of 6 cases from the pathologist's point of view.". Arch Esp Urol 52 (8): 906-11. PMID 11762445.
  2. Zhong, M.; Gersbach, E.; Rohan, SM.; Yang, XJ. (Mar 2013). "Primary adenocarcinoma of the urinary bladder: differential diagnosis and clinical relevance.". Arch Pathol Lab Med 137 (3): 371-81. doi:10.5858/arpa.2012-0076-RA. PMID 23451748.
  3. Roy, S.; Parwani, AV. (Dec 2011). "Adenocarcinoma of the urinary bladder.". Arch Pathol Lab Med 135 (12): 1601-5. doi:10.5858/arpa.2009-0713-RS. PMID 22129192.