Bladder mucinous adenocarcinoma as a diagnostic challenge: a case report.

Primary bladder adenocarcinoma (PBA), especially the mucinous subtype, is a rare cancer that represents less than 2% of all bladder malignancies. Overlapping histopathological and immunohistochemical (IHC) features of PBA with metastatic colonic adenocarcinomas (MCA) make the final diagnosis very hard. We presented a 75-year-old woman presenting with hematuria and severe anaemia in the last two weeks.

Induction of a peroxisomal malate dehydrogenase isoform in liver of starved rats.

The influence of starvation on malate dehydrogenase (MDH) in rat liver was investigated. Native electrophoresis revealed two MDH isoforms in non-starved rats and three isoenzymes in starved rats. After sucrose density gradient centrifugation of cell organelles from liver, MDH activity was detected in the mitochondrial and cytosolic fractions from non-starved rats.