Rhabdoid Variant of Urothelial Carcinoma of the Urinary Bladder: a Case Report with Emphasis on Immunohistochemical Analysis Regarding the Formation of Rhabdoid Morphology

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Journal Int J Clin Exp Pathol

Specialty Pathology

Date 2015 Oct 15

PMID 26464730

Citations 2

Authors

Shogo Tajima

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Abstract

Various histological variants of urothelial carcinoma (UC) have been described. They are associated with different clinical outcomes and/or therapeutic approaches; in addition, recognition of these histological variants is also important in preventing diagnostic misinterpretations. Histological variants based on cytoplasmic features, such as plasmacytoid, rhabdoid, clear-cell, and lipoid-rich variants, have been described in invasive UC. Herein, we report an exceedingly rare case of a rhabdoid variant of UC arising in the urinary bladder of a 61-year-old man. Including UC, the presence of rhabdoid cells has been described in various types of malignant tumors. These tumors are regarded as more aggressive neoplasms than those without rhabdoid cells. It has been previously found that non-degraded aggregation of intermediate filaments and membrane proteins conjugated with ubiquitin and p62 is a noticeable finding in the formation of rhabdoid morphology. We have validated the existence of this mechanism in a rhabdoid variant of UC by extensive immunohistochemical analysis.

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