Vesical Diverticulum Associated with Bladder Carcinoma: Therapeutic Implications
- 1 November 1986
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Journal of Urology
- Vol. 136 (5), 1013-1014
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0022-5347(17)45191-3
Abstract
Of 146 patients with bladder diverticula during a 15-year period 9 had associated transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder: 3 (2 per cent of all patients with diverticula) in the diverticulum, 3 adjacent to the ostium of the diverticulum and 3 remote from the diverticulum. All 3 patients with carcinoma in the diverticulum died of metastases, whereas the other 6 patients survived more than 5 years. We propose aggressive treatment for patients with carcinoma in the diverticulum but we do not recommend routine diverticulectomy in cases of asymptomatic and uncomplicated diverticula.Keywords
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