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==General== | ==General== | ||
*Presentation may include: hematuria, flank pain, urinary frequency.<ref name=pmid25611262/> | *Presentation may include: hematuria, flank pain, urinary frequency.<ref name=pmid25611262/> | ||
==Gross== | |||
*Classically proximal ureter.<ref name=pmid26425226>{{cite journal |authors=Ludwig DJ, Buddingh KT, Kums JJ, Kropman RF, Roshani H, Hirdes WH |title=Treatment and outcome of fibroepithelial ureteral polyps: A systematic literature review |journal=Can Urol Assoc J |volume=9 |issue=9-10 |pages=E631–7 |date=2015 |pmid=26425226 |pmc=4581930 |doi=10.5489/cuaj.2878 |url=}}</ref> | |||
==Microscopic== | ==Microscopic== | ||
Features:<ref name=pmid25611262/> | Features:<ref name=pmid25611262/> | ||
*Polypoid lesion (epithelium on three sides in plane-of-section) covered unremarkable urothelium. | *Polypoid lesion (epithelium on three sides in plane-of-section) covered unremarkable urothelium. | ||
==Sign out== | |||
<pre> | |||
A. Right Ureter, Lesion, Resection: | |||
- Benign urothelial fibroepithelial polyp with focal hemosiderin. | |||
- NEGATIVE for malignancy. | |||
</pre> | |||
===Micro=== | |||
The sections shows a polypoid lesion covered by a thin urothelium. The urothelium has an unremarkable appearance; all of the following are absent: anisonucleosis, apparent proliferation, lack of maturation. The core of the lesion is fibrous and edematous. Hemosiderin and siderophages are present. | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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[[Category:Diagnosis]] | [[Category:Diagnosis]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Urothelium]] | ||