Plasmacytoid urothelial carcinoma: a case of histological variant of urinary bladder cancer with aggressive behavior

• Main Authors: Leonardo Gomes da Fonseca (Author), Ciro Eduardo Souza (Author), Romulo Loss Mattedi (Author), Daniel Motta Girardi (Author), Álvaro Sadek Sarkis (Author), Paulo Marcelo Gem Hoff (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: University of São Paulo, 2014-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Plasmocytoid variant urothelial carcinoma (PVUC) of the urinary bladder is a rare histological variant of transitional cell carcinoma. Data regarding PVUC shows that this neoplasia presents a distinctive clinical outcome represented by aggressive behavior and poor survival rate. The authors report a...