A 49-year-old woman presenting with hepatoid adenocarcinoma of the urinary bladder: a case report

Table 1 Characteristics of patients with hepatoid adenocarcinoma (HAC) in the urinary bladder

Case no., reference	Age/sex	Symptoms	Tumor size	Serum AFP	Therapy	pT stage	Follow-up, months	Status
1. Sinard [3]	68/F	Hydronephrosis	2.5cm	N/A	TUR	T3a	17	AWD
2. Yamada [4]	89/F	Hematuria	6.5×5.5cm	12,700ng/mL	Total cystectomy	T2b	1	Lost to follow-up
3. Burgues [5]	71/M	Hematuria	NA	WNL	TUR	T2	N/A	AWD
4. Lopez-Beltran [6]	66/M	Hematuria	6×5cm	1065ng/mL	Total cystectomy	T3a	14	Lung metastatsis, DOD
5. Lopez-Beltran [6]	85/M	Hematuria	80g, resected	N/A	TUR	T2	12	Lung metastatsis, DOD
6. Lopez-Beltran [6]	61/M	Hematuria	5×5cm	2025ng/mL	Total cystectomy	T3a	19	Lung metastatsis, DOD
7. Lopez-Beltran [6]	68/M	Hematuria	1.5cm	1070ng/mL	TUR	T1	26	NED
8. Kawamura [7]	79/M	Hematuria	1cm	39.08ng/mL	TUR	Ta	20	NED
9. Present case	49/F	-	6mm	NA	TUR	T1	20	NED

AFP = α-fetoprotein; AWD = alive with disease; DOD = died of disease; NED = alive with no evidence of disease; NA = not available; TUR = trans-urethral resection; WNL = within normal limits.

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