Volume 31, Issue 5 pp. 468-470
CASE REPORT

Rhabdomyosarcoma of urinary bladder in a young man suspected and confirmed on urine cytology

Niranjani Ramasubramanian

Niranjani Ramasubramanian

Department of Pathology, Surgical Oncology, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, India

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Norton Stephen

Norton Stephen

Department of Pathology, Surgical Oncology, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, India

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Debasis Gochhait

Corresponding Author

Debasis Gochhait

Department of Pathology, Surgical Oncology, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, India

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Debasis Gochhait, Department of Pathology, JIPMER, Room no 2023, Institute Block, Puducherry 605006, India.

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Rajesh Nachiappa GaneshPrasanth Penumadu

Prasanth Penumadu

Department of Surgical Oncology, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, India

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Pradeep Subramani

Pradeep Subramani

Department of Surgical Oncology, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, India

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Ananthakrishnan Ramesh

Ananthakrishnan Ramesh

Department of Radiology, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, India

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First published: 20 March 2020
Citations: 3

Abstract

Mesenchymal tumors in the urinary bladder are very uncommon and their detection in urine cytology is rarer still. Mesenchymal tumors like rhabomyosarcoma must be suspected especially in young patients with appropriate morphology and confirmed with immunohistochemical markers.

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