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ArticleJournal of pathology and translational medicine2021

Histologically confirmed distant metastatic urothelial carcinoma from the urinary bladder: a retrospective review of one institution's 20-year experience.

Youngeun Yoo, Junghye Lee, Heae Surng Park, Min-Sun Cho, Sun Hee Sung, Sanghui Park, Euno Choi

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Article in Journal of pathology and translational medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Youngeun YooDepartment of Pathology, Ewha Womans University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Junghye LeeDepartment of Pathology, Ewha Womans University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Heae Surng ParkDepartment of Pathology, Ewha Womans University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Min-Sun ChoDepartment of Pathology, Ewha Womans University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Sun Hee SungDepartment of Pathology, Ewha Womans University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Sanghui ParkDepartment of Pathology, Ewha Womans University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Euno ChoiDepartment of Pathology, Ewha Womans University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Ewha Womans University · KR

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Abstract

backgroundUrothelial carcinoma (UC) accounts for roughly 90% of bladder cancer, and has a high propensity for diverse differentiation. Recently, certain histologic variants of UC have been recognized to be associated with unfavorable clinical outcomes. Several UC studies have also suggested that tumor budding is a poor prognostic marker. Distant metastasis of UC after radical cystectomy is not uncommon. However, these metastatic lesions are not routinely confirmed with histology.

methodsWe investigated the histopathologic features of 13 cases of UC with biopsy-proven distant metastases, with a special emphasis on histologic variants and tumor budding.

resultsLymph nodes (6/13, 46%) were the most common metastatic sites, followed by the lung (4/13, 31%), liver (4/13, 31%), and the adrenal gland (2/13, 15%). The histologic variants including squamous (n=1), micropapillary (n=4), and plasmacytoid (n=1) variants in five cases of UC. Most histologic variants (4/5, 80%) of primary UCs appeared in the metastatic lesions. In contrast, high-grade tumor budding was detected in six cases (46%), including one case of non-muscle invasive UC. Our study demonstrates that histologic variants are not uncommonly detected in distant metastatic UCs. Most histologic variants seen in primary UCs persist in the distant metastatic lesions. In addition, high-grade tumor budding, which occurs frequently in primary tumors, may contribute to the development of distant metastasis.

conclusionsTherefore, assessing the presence or absence of histologic variants and tumor budding in UCs of the urinary bladder, even in non-muscle invasive UCs, may be useful to predict distant metastasis.

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Bladder neoplasmsDistant metastasisHistologic variantTumor buddingUrothelial carcinoma

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