TY - JOUR
T1 - Bladder cancer producing parathyroid hormone-related protein
T2 - A case report
AU - Takamoto, Atsushi
AU - Kusumi, Norihiro
AU - Oeda, Tadashi
PY - 2009/12/1
Y1 - 2009/12/1
N2 - An 84-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital with gross hematuria, anorexia, and weight loss. Ultrasonography (US) and computed tomography (CT) showed a huge bladder mass and her serum Ca level was extremely elevated. Transurethral resection of the bladder tumor (TUR-Bt) was carried out Histopathological findings of TUR-biopsy showed high-grade urothelial carcinoma, positive for PTH-rP immunohistochemical staining. Her serum Ca level was decreased temporarily, but she died of the disease 12 weeks after the operation.
AB - An 84-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital with gross hematuria, anorexia, and weight loss. Ultrasonography (US) and computed tomography (CT) showed a huge bladder mass and her serum Ca level was extremely elevated. Transurethral resection of the bladder tumor (TUR-Bt) was carried out Histopathological findings of TUR-biopsy showed high-grade urothelial carcinoma, positive for PTH-rP immunohistochemical staining. Her serum Ca level was decreased temporarily, but she died of the disease 12 weeks after the operation.
KW - Bladder cancer
KW - Humoral hypercalcemia of malignancy
KW - Parathyroid hormone-related protein
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M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:76149115207
SN - 0029-0726
VL - 71
SP - 662
EP - 664
JO - Nishinihon Journal of Urology
JF - Nishinihon Journal of Urology
IS - 12
ER -
