Difference between revisions of "Urothelial carcinoma"

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{{ Infobox diagnosis
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| Synonyms  = urothelial cell carcinoma
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| Subtypes  = microcystic, glandular, inverted (growth pattern), nested. papillary (dealt with separately in ''[[high-grade papillary urothelial carcinoma]]'' and ''[[low-grade papillary urothelial carcinoma]]''), others
| LMDDx      = [[urothelial carcinoma in situ]], metastatic carcinoma ([[prostate carcinoma]], [[colorectal carcinoma]]), [[inverted urothelial papilloma]] (for UCC with inverted growth pattern)
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| IHC        = GATA3 +ve, p63 +ve, CK5/6 +ve, CK34betaE12 +ve, PSA -ve
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| Site      = [[urothelium]] - [[ureter]], [[urinary bladder]], proximal urethra (males), renal pelvis
| Assdx      =
| Syndromes  = [[Lynch syndrome]] - esp. ureters
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| Signs      = hematuria
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| Prevalence = common
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| Prognosis  = dependent on grade and stage
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| Tx        = dependent on grade and stage
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'''Urothelial carcinoma''', also '''urothelial cell carcinoma''', is a [[malignancy]] that arises from the [[urothelium]].  ''Urothelial carcinoma'' is abbreviated '''UC''' and ''urothelial cell carcinoma'' is abbreviated '''UCC'''.
'''Urothelial carcinoma''', also '''urothelial cell carcinoma''', is a [[malignancy]] that arises from the [[urothelium]].  ''Urothelial carcinoma'' is abbreviated '''UC''' and ''urothelial cell carcinoma'' is abbreviated '''UCC'''.


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