Radical cystectomy grossing
Radical cystectomy, may be referred to as cystectomy, is removal of the urinary bladder.
Introduction
It is done for bladder cancer (urothelial carcinoma).
In men, the urinary bladder is usually removed along with the prostate gland (see cystoprostatectomy).
Protocol
Specimen:
- Type: cystectomy [with vagina / uterus / uterine tubes / ovaries].
- Specimen weight: ___ grams.
- Specimen dimensions (superior-inferior, left-right, anterior-posterior): ___ x ___ x ___ cm.
Tumour:
- Size of tumour (superior-inferior, left-right, anterior-posterior): ___ x ___ x ___ cm.
- Location of tumour: [dome, left, right, anterior, posterior, trigone].
- Nearest margin: [soft tissue margin / urethral / ureteric ].
- Distance to nearest margin: ___.
- Configuration: [ulcerated / exophytic].
- Appearance: [tan/brown / white], [firm / friable].
- Extension into perivescicular adipose tissue: [not identified, present].
Representative sections:
- Urethral resection margin on edge.
- Ureteral surgical (or specimen) margins (left and right).
- 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 at site of ureteric oriface.
- Right bladder wall at site of ureteric oriface.
- Anterior bladder wall.
- Posterior bladder wall.
- Dome of bladder.
- Trigone of bladder.
Sections of additional structures (if applicable):
- Ovaries.
- Uterine tubes - esp. fibriated ends.
- Vagina - esp. in relation to tumour.
- Uterus:
- Cervix.
- Corpus - anterior & posterior walls.