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Bladder
Cystitis
Author: Nat Pernick, M.D. (see Authors page)
Revised: 13 December 2009, last major update - December 2009, UPDATE IN PROGRESS
Copyright: (c) 2002-2009, PathologyOutlines.com, Inc.
Definition
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● Reversible inflammatory condition with edematous bladder mucosa
● Edema usually is due to chronic irritation
Terminology
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● An endoscopic term
● A variant of polypoid cystitis, but with broader based and larger lesions
Epidemiology
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● May be associated with chronic catheter use
Sites
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Etiology
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Clinical features
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Prognostic factors
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Case reports
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● Associated with acute ureteral obstruction (Radiology 1979;132:351)
Treatment
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Clinical images
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Gross description (Macroscopy)
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Gross images
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Micro description (Histopathology)
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● Congenital mucosal variants include overdevelopment of lymphoid tissue as massive lymphoid follicles and a lymphangioectatic form (Urologiia 2000 Jan-Feb;(1):3)
● Associated with chronic cystitis in girls
Micro images
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Cross section of bladder showing bullous edema. This patient had a carcinoma of the bladder, but the tumor does not appear in this section (Fig. 76 from Fascicle 31a, 1st Series.), link
Cytology description
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Cytology images
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Positive stains
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Negative stains
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Electron microscopy descriptions
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Electron microscopy images
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Molecular / cytogenetics description
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Molecular / cytogenetics images
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Differential Diagnosis
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● (link to topic)
Additional references
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End of Bladder > Cystitis > Bullous cystitis
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