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The Ewha Medical Journal
Ewha Womans University School of Medicine

Ewha Med J 1994; 17(2):177-180

pISSN: 1598-7450

DOI: https://doi.org/10.12771/emj.1994.17.2.177

Case Report

Carcinosarcoma of the Bladder : A Case Repart

Young Jung Kong, Sung Sik Kim, Bong Suk Shim, Young Yo Park

Copyright ⓒ 1994. Ewha Womans University School of Medicine. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Published Online: Jul 24, 2015

Abstract

We report a case of carcinosarcoma of the bladder in a 78 year-old female patient. Carcinosar-voma is a tumor consisting of malignant epithelial and mesenchymal elements, which occurs rarely in the bladder. The prognosis of bladder carcinosarcoma is poor and the best methods of treatment are uncertain. The literature is reviewed and the clinicopathologic condition of carcimosarcoma of the bladder id discussed.