Cystitis cystica

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Cystitis cystica is a common inflammatory process of the urinary bladder with cyst formation.

Cystitis cystica
Diagnosis in short

Cystitis cystica. H&E stain.
Site urinary bladder - see urothelium

Prevalence common
Prognosis benign
Clin. DDx urothelial carcinoma

General

Microscopic

Features:[3]

  • Nests of urothelium within the lamina propria with cyst formation, i.e. lumens are present.

Note:

  • Nests should not extend into the muscularis propria.

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URINARY BLADDER, BIOPSY:
- CYSTITIS CYSTICA.
- NEGATIVE FOR MALIGNANCY.
URINARY BLADDER, TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION:
- CYSTITIS CYSTICA ET GLANDULARIS, FOCALLY WITH LARGE THIN-WALLED CYSTS.
- PROMINENT BENIGN DILATED SUPERFICIAL BLOOD VESSELS, FOCAL.
- NEGATIVE FOR MALIGNANCY.
URINARY BLADDER (TRIGONE), TRANSURETHRAL BIOPSY:
- SMALL POLYPOID FRAGMENT OF UROTHELIUM CONSISTENT WITH CYSTITIS CYSTICA.
- NO SQUAMOUS METAPLASTIC CHANGE IDENTIFIED.
- NO EVIDENCE OF MALIGNANCY.

Micro

The sections show a small fragment of urothelial mucosa with small urothelial nests that are focally cystic. The nests are well-circumscribed and approximately of equal size. Adjacent to the nests is a small cluster of bland appearing lymphocytes.

No exophytic component is identified. No papillary structures are apparent. The cytomorphology of the urothelium is bland and no mitotic activity is readily apparent.

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References

  1. Humphrey, Peter A; Dehner, Louis P; Pfeifer, John D (2008). The Washington Manual of Surgical Pathology (1st ed.). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. pp. 304. ISBN 978-0781765275.
  2. Conces, MR.; Williamson, SR.; Montironi, R.; Lopez-Beltran, A.; Scarpelli, M.; Cheng, L. (Sep 2012). "Urethral caruncle: clinicopathologic features of 41 cases.". Hum Pathol 43 (9): 1400-4. doi:10.1016/j.humpath.2011.10.015. PMID 22397870.
  3. Cotran, Ramzi S.; Kumar, Vinay; Fausto, Nelson; Nelso Fausto; Robbins, Stanley L.; Abbas, Abul K. (2005). Robbins and Cotran pathologic basis of disease (7th ed.). St. Louis, Mo: Elsevier Saunders. pp. 1028. ISBN 0-7216-0187-1.
  4. Wasco, MJ.; Daignault, S.; Bradley, D.; Shah, RB. (Feb 2010). "Nested variant of urothelial carcinoma: a clinicopathologic and immunohistochemical study of 30 pure and mixed cases.". Hum Pathol 41 (2): 163-71. doi:10.1016/j.humpath.2009.07.015. PMID 19800100.