Cystoprostatectomy grossing
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This article deals with how to cut-up cystoprostatectomy specimens.
Introduction
Cystoprostatectomies are done for bladder cancer.
Protocol
Representative sections:
- Urethral resection margin on edge.
- Posterior prostate, posterior bladder neck and posterior-inferior bladder -- one section, divided to fit into multiple blocks.
- Left prostate - mid part of gland.
- Right prostate - mid part of gland.
- Bladder tumour - 1 section/cm.
- Section with deepest invasion.
- One section if fat invasion obvious, three sections if it is suspicious.
- Suspicious granular areas.
- Left bladder wall.
- Right bladder wall.
- Dome of bladder.
- Trigone of bladder.