Flow cytometric analysis of primary adenocarcinoma of the bladder. uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • The flow cytometric findings of bladder irrigation specimens from 4 patients with histologically confirmed primary adenocarcinoma of the bladder are reported. Cells in specimens from 3 patients showed deoxyribonucleic acid aneuploidy and a simultaneous preoperative urinary cytology study was positive. One patient had normal flow cytometry studies, whereas preoperative cytology results were suspicious. These findings indicate that at least some, perhaps most, primary adenocarcinomas of the bladder have abnormalities of deoxyribonucleic acid content. Flow cytometry should be of value in detecting and monitoring these cases, as it is for epidermoid (urothelial) carcinomas.

publication date

  • June 1, 1987

Research

keywords

  • Adenocarcinoma
  • DNA, Neoplasm
  • Urinary Bladder
  • Urinary Bladder Neoplasms

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0023190944

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1016/s0022-5347(17)44434-x

PubMed ID

  • 3586147

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 137

issue

  • 6