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==Adenocarcinoma== *'''<span style="color:#ff0000">Accounts for 2% of bladder cancer histology</span>''' *'''<span style="color:#ff0000">Majority represent metastases from other primary adenocarcinomas such as colon, breast, or lung cancers.</span>''' **Patients should undergo investigations of other sites (e.g. colonoscopy) *'''<span style="color:#ff0000">Risk factors for primary bladder adenocarcinoma (4):</span>''' *#'''<span style="color:#ff0000">Nonfunctioning bladder</span>''' *#'''<span style="color:#ff0000">Obstruction</span>''' *#'''<span style="color:#ff0000">Chronic irritation</span>''' *#'''<span style="color:#ff0000">Bladder exstrophy</span>''' *'''Patients who undergo bladder augmentation with bowel are at risk of bladder adenocarcinoma''' **Low incidence of malignancy following a bladder augmentation (approximately 1.5-2.5% of patients per decade) **'''Screening for bladder adenocarcinoma in patients with a previous augmentation is not recommended.''' ***Current recommendation for follow-up in patients with previous bladder augmentation with bowel is for annual visits with renal and bladder ultrasound (rule-out stones or the development of hydronephrosis secondary to noncompliance with CIC), electrolytes (rule out metabolic abnormalities), creatinine, serum B12 (rule-out nutritional deficiencies), and urinalysis (assess for hematuria). *'''<span style="color:#ff0000">Urachal adenocarcinoma arises from the urachas</span>'''
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