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A case of primary lymphoma of the bladder managed with multimodal therapy

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Abstract

Background A 65-year-old female patient presented to a urology department with macroscopic hematuria, dysuria, urinary frequency and urgency. One year previously, she had visited a urologist because of a 1-month history of hematuria, dysuria, urinary frequency and urgency. She had subsequently undergone successful, simultaneous surgeries for resection of a basal cell carcinoma of the nasal skin and lymphoma of the bladder.

Investigations Physical examination, measurement of serum urea, creatinine and electrolyte levels, peripheral blood film evaluation, ultrasonography, intravenous pyelography, abdominal, thoracic and pelvic CT, bone marrow aspiration and biopsy, cystoscopy and pathologic examination.

Diagnosis Primary lymphoma of the bladder.

Management Transurethral resection, chemotherapy, radiotherapy and follow-up comprising cystoscopy, biopsy, CT imaging and immunocytologic analyses of urine samples.

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Figure 1: Intravenous pyelogram demonstrating a mass within the urinary bladder.
Figure 2: Histopathologic appearance of the primary lymphoma of the bladder.

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  1. K Horasanli is Vice Chief of the Department of 2nd Urology, M Kadihasanoglu is a Resident in the Department of 2nd Urology, O Tas Aksakal is Vice Chief of the Department of Radiation Oncology, A Ozagari is a Pathologist in the Department of Pathology, and C Miroglu is Associate Professor of Urology and Chief of the Department of 2nd Urology, all at Sisli Etfal Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.,

    Kaya Horasanli, Mustafa Kadihasanoglu, Oznur Tas Aksakal, Aysim Ozagari & Cengiz Miroglu

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Horasanli, K., Kadihasanoglu, M., Aksakal, O. et al. A case of primary lymphoma of the bladder managed with multimodal therapy. Nat Rev Urol 5, 167–170 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpuro1035

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