Carcinoma of the Urethra

Primary carcinomas of the urethra are rare and poorly understood lesions, hence their clinical and pathologic spectrum is not completely defined. We analyzed a series of 130 primary urethral tumors and classified 106 of them as primary urethral carcinomas. The age at diagnosis of patients with primary urethral carcinomas ranged from 42 –97years (mean: 69.4yrs.; median: 70yrs). There were 73 males and 33 female patients with a ratio of 2.2:1. In male patients the tumors most frequently developed in the bulbous-membranous segment of the urethra.

Source: Human Pathology - August 18, 2017 Category: Pathology Authors: Miao Zhang, Adebowale J. Adeniran, Raghunandan Vikram, Pheroze Tamboli, Curtis Pettaway, Jolanta Bondaruk, Jinsong Liu, Keith Baggerly, Bogdan Czerniak Source Type: research