RADICAL CYSTECTOMY FOR INVASIVE SQUAMOUS-CELL BLADDER-CANCER IN A RENAL-TRANSPLANT PATIENT

Authors
SRINIVAS V DESHMUKH R SHAH B KAPADIA A
Citation
V. Srinivas et al., RADICAL CYSTECTOMY FOR INVASIVE SQUAMOUS-CELL BLADDER-CANCER IN A RENAL-TRANSPLANT PATIENT, Urologia internationalis, 51(3), 1993, pp. 167-170
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Urology & Nephrology
Journal title
Urologia internationalis → ACNP
ISSN journal
00421138
Volume
51
Issue
3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
167 - 170
Database
ISI
SICI code
0042-1138(1993)51:3<167:RCFISB>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
A rare case of invasive squamous cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder developing 5 years after cadaveric renal transplant is described. The technical precautions to be taken while performing a radical cystecto my in such a situation is highlighted. This patient required chemother apy in the post-operative period, and the role of chemotherapy in the presence of immunosuppressive therapy is discussed.