Urethra
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The urethra takes the urine from the urinary bladder to outside of the body.
It is occasionally afflicited by tumours.
Anatomy
- Proximal portion = urothelium.
- Distal portion = squamous.
Males
- Pre-prostatic urethra - transitional epithelium.
- Prostatic urethra - transitional epithelium.
- Cancer arising at this site is prostatic urothelial carcinoma.
- Membranous urethra (from apex of prostate to bulb of penis (bulb of the corpus spongiosusm)) - pseudostratified columnar epithelium.
- Spongy urethra - pseudostratified columnar epithelium (proximal) & stratified squamous (distal).
Pathology
- Squamous cell carcinoma.
- Urothelial carcinoma.
- Prostatic carcinoma - may have pseudopapillae[1] and mimic urothelial carcinoma - see urothelial carcinoma-like prostatic carcinoma.
- Clear cell adenocarcinoma of the urethra - similar to clear cell carcinoma of the gynecologic tract.
- Urethral caruncle.
- Lichen sclerosus.[2]
- Prostatic-type polyp.
See also
References
- ↑ Gordetsky J, Epstein JI (July 2014). "Pseudopapillary features in prostatic adenocarcinoma mimicking urothelial carcinoma: a diagnostic pitfall". Am. J. Surg. Pathol. 38 (7): 941–5. doi:10.1097/PAS.0000000000000178. PMID 24503758.
- ↑ Stewart, L.; McCammon, K.; Metro, M.; Virasoro, R. (Mar 2014). "SIU/ICUD Consultation on Urethral Strictures: Anterior urethra-lichen sclerosus.". Urology 83 (3 Suppl): S27-30. doi:10.1016/j.urology.2013.09.013. PMID 24268357.