The Japanese Journal of Urology
Online ISSN : 1884-7110
Print ISSN : 0021-5287
ISSN-L : 0021-5287
Case Reports
PRIMARY UROTHELIAL CARCINOMA WITH SARCOMATOUS TRANSFORMATION OF THE PROSTATE
Satoshi TamadaTetsuji OmachiTetsuji ItoHidenori KawashimaTatsuya Nakatani
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2010 Volume 101 Issue 5 Pages 698-702

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A 64-year-old man visited our hospital presenting with macroscopic hematuria. Right hydronephrosis and hypertrophy of the prostate were shown by DIP and MRI respectively. A small papillary tumor at the prostatic urethra was found by cystourethroscopy. Then, we performed transurethral resection of the tumor and trans-perineal needle biopsy of the prostate, and diagnosed him as primary urothelial carcinoma of the prostate. Following neo-adjuvant chemotherapy (MVAC), the patient was treated with radical cystoprostatectomy. The histopathological examination showed urothelial carcinoma with concomitant sarcomatous transformation. Six months after the surgery, he had a recurrence of the tumor in the pelvic cavity. He was treated with the second-line chemotherapy using paclitaxel and gemcitabin combined with the radiation therapy, resulting in the disappearance of the tumor. No evidence of the recurrence has been observed for 3 years.

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