Abstract
The fact that adenocarcinoma occurs in patients with ureterosigmoidostomy is well-documented in literature and the increased risk of carcinoma has been estimated to be 200 to 550 times that of the general population. No case of adenocarcinoma in ileal orthotopic or ileal continent reservoirs has been reported, due to the long latency period for carcinogenesis (20-25 years). We report 2 cases of bladder neoplasms of intestinal origin in patients who underwent, in 1956 and 1963, bladder augmentations for bladder tuberculosis. Our cases suggest that a long-term surveillance of continent urinary diversions is mandatory, as well as a close check on urinary cytology.
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