Difference between revisions of "Micropapillary urothelial carcinoma"

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 ==Microscopic==
-Features:<ref name=pmid21080874/>
+Features - either:
-*Micropapillae - '''definitional'''.
+#Micropapillae:<ref name=pmid21080874/>
-**Nipple-like structures without fibrovascular cores.
+#*Nipple-like structures without fibrovascular cores.
-**Quantity of micropapillary pattern (percentage) is variable.<ref name=pmid25673582/>
+#The invasive pattern of ''micropapillary urothelial carcinoma'' is nests of tumour cells with clefting to the surrounding stroma.
-*+/-Conventional [[urothelial carcinoma]] (typical).
+*+/-Conventional [[urothelial carcinoma]] (common).
 Notes:
-*The invasive pattern of ''micropapillary urothelial carcinoma'' is nests of tumour cells with clefting to the surrounding stroma.
+*In other organs, [[adenocarcinoma]] would be in the differential diagnosis. It should be noted that (primary) [[adenocarcinoma of the urinary bladder]] looks quite different than ''micropapillary urothelial carcinoma''.
-*In other organs, [[adenocarcinoma]] would be in the differential diagnosis. It should be noted that [[adenocarcinoma of the urinary bladder]] looks quite different than ''micropapillary urothelial carcinoma''.
+*Quantity of micropapillary pattern (percentage) is variable.<ref name=pmid25673582/>
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