[Diagnostic image. A woman with a calcified structure in the bladder]

Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 2009:153:B473.
[Article in Dutch]

Abstract

A 79-year-old woman suffered from microscopic haematuria following a symptomatic cystitis. Abdominal ultrasound investigation suggested a bladder stone. Cystoscopy revealed a calcified bladder tumour. After resection pathologic examination showed a superficial invasive urothelial carcinoma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Calcinosis / complications
  • Calcinosis / diagnosis
  • Calcinosis / diagnostic imaging*
  • Calcinosis / surgery
  • Cystitis / diagnosis
  • Cystitis / surgery
  • Female
  • Hematuria / etiology
  • Humans
  • Ultrasonography
  • Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / complications
  • Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / surgery
  • Urothelium / pathology*