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=Urinary bladder cancer=
=Urinary bladder cancer=
The most common type of cancer to affect the bladder is ''urothelial carcinoma'', which is covered in the ''[[urothelium]]'' article.
The most common type of cancer to affect the bladder is ''urothelial carcinoma''. This is covered in the ''[[urothelium]]'' article.
 
Risk factors for bladder cancer ''SEX LIC'':
*[[Schistosoma haematobium|'''S'''chistomsoma haematobium]] - esp. squamous cell carcinoma.<ref name=pmid17483025/>
*'''EX'''trophy of the bladder.
*'''L'''ithiasis.
*'''I'''ndwelling catheter ''or'' chronic '''I'''nflammation.<ref name=pmid17483025>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Michaud | first1 = DS. | title = Chronic inflammation and bladder cancer. | journal = Urol Oncol | volume = 25 | issue = 3 | pages = 260-8 | month =  | year =  | doi = 10.1016/j.urolonc.2006.10.002 | PMID = 17483025 }}</ref>
*'''C'''yclophosphamide.  


DDx:
DDx:
*[[Urothelial carcinoma]].
*[[Urothelial carcinoma]] - most common in the Western world.
*[[Squamous cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder]].
*[[Squamous cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder]] - most common in areas with ''Schistosoma''.
*Adenocarcinoma - see ''[[urachal carcinoma]]''.
*Adenocarcinoma - see ''[[urachal carcinoma]]''.



Revision as of 21:27, 17 April 2012

The urinary bladder stores urine until one has to go wee-wee.

It is commonly afflicted by cancer.

A well-know mimicker of cancer is malakoplakia.[1]

Normal

Microscopic

  • Muscularis mucosae - thin, discontinuous.
  • Fat - many be in lamina propria.

Note:

  • On TURBT - don't ever call T3.

Urinary bladder cancer

The most common type of cancer to affect the bladder is urothelial carcinoma. This is covered in the urothelium article.

Risk factors for bladder cancer SEX LIC:

  • Schistomsoma haematobium - esp. squamous cell carcinoma.[2]
  • EXtrophy of the bladder.
  • Lithiasis.
  • Indwelling catheter or chronic Inflammation.[2]
  • Cyclophosphamide.

DDx:

Squamous cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder

General

  • Uncommon.

Microscopic

Features:

Urachal carcinoma

General

  • Rare.[3]
  • Classically - dome of bladder lesion.
  • Younger <55 years-old.

Microscopic

Patterns

  • Enteric - looks like colonic adenocarcinoma.
  • Mucinous.
  • Signet ring.

DDx:

  • Metastatic adenocarcinoma/adenocarcinoma extending from another structure.
  • Adenocarcinoma arising from the urinary bladder.

Images:

See also

References

  1. Wong-You-Cheong JJ, Woodward PJ, Manning MA, Davis CJ (2006). "From the archives of the AFIP: Inflammatory and nonneoplastic bladder masses: radiologic-pathologic correlation". Radiographics 26 (6): 1847–68. doi:10.1148/rg.266065126. PMID 17102055.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Michaud, DS.. "Chronic inflammation and bladder cancer.". Urol Oncol 25 (3): 260-8. doi:10.1016/j.urolonc.2006.10.002. PMID 17483025.
  3. Ashley, RA.; Inman, BA.; Sebo, TJ.; Leibovich, BC.; Blute, ML.; Kwon, ED.; Zincke, H. (Aug 2006). "Urachal carcinoma: clinicopathologic features and long-term outcomes of an aggressive malignancy.". Cancer 107 (4): 712-20. doi:10.1002/cncr.22060. PMID 16826585.