İLKER AKARKEN, HAYRETTİN ŞAHİN, HÜSEYİN TARHAN, HASAN DELİKTAŞ, MEHMET ÇETİNKAYA
Journal of Urological Surgery - 2018;5(3):197-199
Urothelial bladder carcinoma is a rare condition in young patients. Clinicians have less inclination to perform cystoscopy in this age group because benign causes of hematuria are more common. Thus, diagnostic delays of up to one year may occur. We report a 24-year-old male patient with urothelial bladder cancer. Clinical behavior and prognosis in young individuals are controversial. The definitions of “young patient” are highly variable and different World Health Organization pathological classification systems are used for reporting. Generally, it presents as a low-stage and low-grade disease, nevertheless, it may present with high-grade tumors, even with muscle-invasive cancer.
