Background and Objective: This study was undertaken to analyze the immunohistochemical expression of fibroblast growth factor receptor (FGFR3) in urothelial carcinoma and correlate its expression with the pathological stage, recurrence and other clinicopathological parameters. Material and Methods: A retrospective study was undertaken on paraffin blocks o...

Urethral cancer is the only genitourinary neoplasm with a predilection for women, the ratio being 4:1. The histologic type depends on the cells of origin. Squamous-cell carcinoma predominates, with adenocarcinoma and transitional-cell carcinoma being less common and undifferentiated carcinoma, malignant melanoma, mixed tumors, clear-cell carcinoma, and cloacogenic carcinoma accounting for the r...

We describe a case of a 75-year-old woman with squamous cell carcinoma in the right renal pelvis accompanied by multiple dysplasia in the upper urinary tract. Though it is difficult to make a preoperative diagnosis of squamous cell carcinoma, lavage cytology is particularly valuable. Renal arteriography and cross-sectional imaging are also useful to assess an accurate stage. We postulate that s...