Adenocarcinoma of the urinary bladder

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Adenocarcinoma of the urinary bladder, also primary adenocarcinoma of the urinary bladder and bladder adenocarcinoma, is a very uncommon malignant urinary bladder tumour.

Adenocarcinoma of the urinary bladder
Diagnosis in short

Synonyms primary adenocarcinoma of the urinary bladder

LM nuclear pleomorphism (may be mild), usually glandular differentiation (most common), no urothelial differentiation - essential
LM DDx urachal carcinoma, invasive urothelial carcinoma with glandular differentiation, metastatic adenocarcinoma (esp. colorectal adenocarcinoma)
IHC CK7 +ve, CK20 +ve, CDX2 +ve (strong, diffuse), beta-catenin +ve (membranous, not nuclear)
Grossing notes radical cystectomy grossing, cystoprostatectomy grossing
Site urinary bladder

Prevalence rare
Treatment cystectomy

General

Clinical:

Microscopic

Features:

  • Nuclear pleomorphism - may be mild.
  • Usually glandular differentiation (most common).
  • Without urothelial differentiation - essential.[3]

Subtypes:[2]

  • Glandular.
  • Papillary.
  • Colloidal (mucinous).
  • Signet ring cell carcinoma.
  • Clear cell carcinoma (also mesonephroid carcinoma).

DDx:

IHC

Features - variable:[4]

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Ranadive, NU.; Trivedi, VD.; Gadgil, NM. (Oct 1999). "Primary adenocarcinoma of the urinary bladder: a study of 6 cases from the pathologist's point of view.". Arch Esp Urol 52 (8): 906-11. PMID 11762445.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Abbas, M.; Kramer, MW.; Wolters, M.; Herrman, TR.; Becker, JU.; Kreipe, HH. (Feb 2013). "Adenocarcinoma of the urinary bladder, mesonephroid type: a rare case.". Rare Tumors 5 (1): e3. doi:10.4081/rt.2013.e3. PMID 23772302.
  3. Zhong, M.; Gersbach, E.; Rohan, SM.; Yang, XJ. (Mar 2013). "Primary adenocarcinoma of the urinary bladder: differential diagnosis and clinical relevance.". Arch Pathol Lab Med 137 (3): 371-81. doi:10.5858/arpa.2012-0076-RA. PMID 23451748.
  4. Roy, S.; Parwani, AV. (Dec 2011). "Adenocarcinoma of the urinary bladder.". Arch Pathol Lab Med 135 (12): 1601-5. doi:10.5858/arpa.2009-0713-RS. PMID 22129192.