Title: Rare Presentation of Small Cell Neuroendocrine Carcinoma of Urinary Bladder
Authors: Dr Mamta Chaudhary, Dr Prachi Gupta, Dr Ml Yadav, Dr Shweta Sharma
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v6i4.192
Abstract
Small cell type neuroendocrine carcinoma of the bladder is a rare and aggressive tumour associated with poor prognosis. It often presents at a late stage than urothelial carcinoma of the bladder and comprises less than 1% of the bladder malignancies.
We report a case of 72 year old male diagnosed with a 5 x 2.8 cm mass in urinary bladder at anterior and left lateral wall of urinary bladder. He underwent surgery – a radical cystoprostactectomy with standard lymph node dissection. The histomorphological report showed poorly differentiated carcinoma in favor of small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma showing perineural invasion and metastatic carcinoma in lymph node.
