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Urothelial submucosa unfiltered by poorly differentiated carcinomatous proliferation comprised sheets of monomorphic cells (HES x4).
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The cytomorphologic features demonstrated atypical cells with abundant cytoplasm, large nuclei with coarse chromatin, and a high mitotic index (Figure 1).
Immunostaining: cytokeratin antibody positive bladder tumor cells.
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Immunohistochemical staining showed that the tumor components were positive for cytokeratin 7 (Figure 2) and for neuroendocrine markers such as neurone specific enolase (NSE), chromogranin (Figure 3), and synaptophysin.
Immunostaining: chromogranin antibody positive bladder tumor cells.
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Immunohistochemical staining showed that the tumor components were positive for cytokeratin 7 (Figure 2) and for neuroendocrine markers such as neurone specific enolase (NSE), chromogranin (Figure 3), and synaptophysin.
Abdominal-pelvic computerized tomography showed mass in the anterior wall of the urinary bladder.
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A contrast enhanced abdominal-pelvic computerized tomography (CT) scan (Figure 4) revealed a 4 x 5 cm mass in the anterior wall of the urinary bladder, with a lesion at the lower one third of the left ureter (Figure 5).
Abdominal-pelvic computerized tomography showed a lesion at the lower one third of the left ureter.
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A contrast enhanced abdominal-pelvic computerized tomography (CT) scan (Figure 4) revealed a 4 x 5 cm mass in the anterior wall of the urinary bladder, with a lesion at the lower one third of the left ureter (Figure 5).
The macroscopic appearance of the tumor in the ureteroscopy.
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Flexible ureterorenoscopy was realized, and the diagnosis of SCC of the ureter was done (Figure 6).