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


===General===
==General==
*Benign.
*Benign.
*Can be thought of as [[von Brunn nests]] with cystic change.<ref name=Ref_WMSP304>{{Ref WMSP|304}}</ref>
*Can be thought of as [[von Brunn nests]] with cystic change.<ref name=Ref_WMSP304>{{Ref WMSP|304}}</ref>
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**There is also a ''urethritis cystica'' - seen in the [[urethra]].<ref name=pmid22397870>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Conces | first1 = MR. | last2 = Williamson | first2 = SR. | last3 = Montironi | first3 = R. | last4 = Lopez-Beltran | first4 = A. | last5 = Scarpelli | first5 = M. | last6 = Cheng | first6 = L. | title = Urethral caruncle: clinicopathologic features of 41 cases. | journal = Hum Pathol | volume = 43 | issue = 9 | pages = 1400-4 | month = Sep | year = 2012 | doi = 10.1016/j.humpath.2011.10.015 | PMID = 22397870 }}</ref>
**There is also a ''urethritis cystica'' - seen in the [[urethra]].<ref name=pmid22397870>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Conces | first1 = MR. | last2 = Williamson | first2 = SR. | last3 = Montironi | first3 = R. | last4 = Lopez-Beltran | first4 = A. | last5 = Scarpelli | first5 = M. | last6 = Cheng | first6 = L. | title = Urethral caruncle: clinicopathologic features of 41 cases. | journal = Hum Pathol | volume = 43 | issue = 9 | pages = 1400-4 | month = Sep | year = 2012 | doi = 10.1016/j.humpath.2011.10.015 | PMID = 22397870 }}</ref>


===Microscopic===
==Microscopic==
Features:<ref name=Ref_PBoD1028>{{Ref PBoD|1028}}</ref>
Features:<ref name=Ref_PBoD1028>{{Ref PBoD|1028}}</ref>
*Nests of urothelium within the lamina propria with cyst formation, i.e. lumens are present.
*Nests of urothelium within the lamina propria with cyst formation, i.e. lumens are present.
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Image:
===Images===
www:
*[http://www.webpathology.com/image.asp?n=1&Case=50 Cystitis cystica (webpathology.com)].
*[http://www.webpathology.com/image.asp?n=1&Case=50 Cystitis cystica (webpathology.com)].


===Sign out===
==Sign out==
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URINARY BLADDER, BIOPSY:
URINARY BLADDER, BIOPSY:
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====Micro====
===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.
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.


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