https://doi.org/10.4081/aiua.2016.1.52

Diagnosis and treatment in primary bladder small cell carcinoma: Literature review

Vol. 88 No. 1 (2016)
Submitted: April 6, 2016
Accepted: April 6, 2016
Published: March 31, 2016
Neuroendocrine carcinoma, Bladder cancer, Small cell cancer
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Orcun Celik
orcuncelik82@hotmail.com
Tepecik Educational and Research Hospital, Urology Department, Izmir, Turkey.
Gokhan Ekin
Tepecik Educational and Research Hospital, Urology Department, Izmir, Turkey.
Tumay Ipekci
Baskent University, Faculty of Medicine, Alanya Research Hospital, Antalya, Turkey.
Salih Budak
Tepecik Educational and Research Hospital, Urology Department, Izmir, Turkey.
Yusuf Ozlem Ilbey
Tepecik Educational and Research Hospital, Urology Department, Izmir, Turkey.
Small cell bladder carcinoma is a rare and frequently fatal disease. It can be distinguished from classical urothelial carcinoma microscopically and immunohistochemically. Small cell bladder carcinoma has histologically similar properties with other small cell carcinomas in other organs. It has a worse prognosis when compared to urothelial bladder cancer. Multimodal treatments are recommended although there is no widely accepted consensus regarding to the treatment algorithm because of its rarity. In this review, clinical properties and diagnosis of small cell bladder carcinoma, its histopathological and immunohistochemical properties and treatment modalities are examined.

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Celik, O., Ekin, G., Ipekci, T., Budak, S., & Ilbey, Y. O. (2016). Diagnosis and treatment in primary bladder small cell carcinoma: Literature review. Archivio Italiano Di Urologia E Andrologia, 88(1), 52–55. https://doi.org/10.4081/aiua.2016.1.52

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