A Histopathological and Immunohistochemical Case Study of a Primary Primitive Neuroectodermal Bladder Tumor

Authors

  • Alfredo Ernesto Romero Rojas Instituto Nacional de Cancerología Bogotá
  • Diana Marcela Hernández Walteros Instituto Nacional de Cancerología Bogotá

Keywords:

Urinary bladder neoplasms, immunohistochemistry, histology

Abstract

A primary primitive neuroectodermal bladder tumor, which occurs among patients over 50, is not common. It is an extremely malignant, advanced regional disease that spreads rapidly and is usually lethal. Diagnosis requires ruling out other neoplasms; thus making immunohistochemical and cytogenetic studies indispensable. We report on a case treated at the National Cancer Institute of Colombia. Histopathological studies revealed the presence of a primary primitive neuroectodermal bladder tumor and ruled out differential diagnosis of carcinoma and bladder lymphoma. The immunohistochemical results confirmed neuroectodermal tumor origin and ruled out epitelial neoplasms and hematolymphoids which frequently occur in the bladder. The clinical evolution coincides with that of the literature on short term fatal outcomes.

Author Biographies

Alfredo Ernesto Romero Rojas, Instituto Nacional de Cancerología Bogotá

Instituto Nacional de Cancerología Bogotá, Colombia.

Diana Marcela Hernández Walteros, Instituto Nacional de Cancerología Bogotá

Instituto Nacional de Cancerología Bogotá, Colombia.

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Romero Rojas, A.E. and Hernández Walteros, D.M. 2009. A Histopathological and Immunohistochemical Case Study of a Primary Primitive Neuroectodermal Bladder Tumor. Revista Colombiana de Cancerología. 13, 2 (Jun. 2009), 105–110.

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