Bladder - Cytology - Secondary neoplasms

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Bladder

Cytology

Secondary neoplasms

Reviewer: Dr. Rugvedita Parakh, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Revised: 29 May 2010, last major update May 2010

See also metastases in Bladder chapter

Renal cell carcinoma

● May be seen in cases of renal pelvis invasion by renal cell carcinoma

● Degenerated cells

● Cells maintain the same morphology as the tumors in the kidney

Prostatic carcinoma

● Bladder neck involvement by prostatic carcinoma

● Large cells in clusters with ill defined cell borders, vacuolated cytoplasm, round nuclei and prominent nucleoli

● Immunohistochemistry may be helpful

Colonic carcinoma

● Direct extension to bladder with possible fistulae formation

● Cells arranged in acinar configuration

● Coarse chromatin pattern and prominent nucleoli

● Necrosis and abundant red blood cells

● Fecal material present

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