Metastatic Small Cell Carcinoma of the Urinary Bladder That Recurred in the Vagina 6 Years after Radical Cystectomy: A Case Report

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Microscopic finding of the vaginal tumor. (a) There were round to spindle-shaped cells having scanty cytoplasm and high mitotic activity (arrow). The pathological diagnosis was small cell carcinoma (hematoxylin-eosin stain, original magnification: ×400). (b) On immunohistochemistry, the tumor was found to be positive for CD56, chromogranin A and synaptophysin (original magnifications: ×400). Positivity for these makers suggested that the tumor was small cell carcinoma.

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