Sarcomatoid carcinoma of the urinary bladder: A case r eport

Background: Sarcomatoid carcinoma of the urinary bladder is a very rare variety of transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) with a prominent component of spindle-shaped cell. The incidence of this tumor is 0.5 % of all bladder tumors. Case report: Herein, we report a case of sarcomatoid carcinoma of urinary bladder of a farmer of 70 years, a smoker with the complaints of lower abdominal pain, mild burning during urination and 3 episodes of painless gross haematuria. USG of KUB revealed a cystic lesion in front of the anterior bladder wall. Partial cystectomy was carried out. Diagnosis was confirmed by histopathological study. Patient refused radiotherapy or chemotherapy and died after 7 months of surgery due to metastasis.