Problems in early diagnosis of bladder cancer in a spinal cord injury patient: Report of a case of simultaneous production of granulocyte colony stimulating factor and parathyroid hormone-related protein by squamous cell carcinoma of urinary bladder

Subramanian Vaidyanathan¹ , Paul Mansour² , Munehisa Ueno³ , Kazuto Yamazaki⁴ , Meenu Wadhwa⁵ , Bakul M Soni¹ , Gurpreet Singh¹ , Peter L Hughes⁶ , Ian D Watson⁷ and Pradipkumar Sett¹

¹  Regional Spinal Injuries Centre, District General Hospital, Southport PR8 6PN, U.K

²  Department of Cellular Pathology, District General Hospital, Southport PR8 6PN, U.K

³  Department of Urology, Kidney Disease Centre, Saitama Medical School, 38 Morohongo, Moroyamamachi, Iruma, Saitama 3500495, Japan

⁴  Department of Pathology, Saiseikai Central Hospital, Minatoku, Tokyo, Japan

⁵  Division of Immunobiology, National Institute for Biological Standards and Control, Blanche Lane, South Mimms, Potters Bar, HERTS, EN6 3QG, U.K

⁶  Department of Radiology, District General Hospital, Southport PR8 6PN, U.K

⁷  Department of Clinical Biochemistry, District General Hospital, Southport PR8 6PN, U.K