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{{ Infobox diagnosis
| Name      = {{PAGENAME}}
| Image      = Urinary bladder amyloidosis -- low mag.jpg
| Width      =
| Caption    = Urinary bladder amyloidosis. [[H&E stain]].
| Synonyms  = amyloidosis of the urinary bladder
| Micro      = lamina propria with amyloid (amorphous, paucicellular, pink material on H&E - classically "cracked")
| Subtypes  =
| LMDDx      = fibrosis, fibrin, [[leiomyoma]]
| Stains    = [[Congo red]] +ve
| IHC        =
| EM        =
| Molecular  =
| IF        =
| Gross      =
| Grossing  =
| Site      = [[urinary bladder]]
| Assdx      =
| Syndromes  =
| Clinicalhx =
| Signs      =
| Symptoms  =
| Prevalence = very rare
| Bloodwork  =
| Rads      = thickened bladder wall
| Endoscopy  =
| Prognosis  =
| Other      =
| ClinDDx    = other urinary bladder tumours - esp. malignant ones
| Tx        =
}}
'''Urinary bladder amyloidosis''', more formally '''primary urinary bladder amyloidosis''', is a rare benign condition of [[urinary bladder]] that can mimic [[cancer]] of the [[urinary bladder]].<ref name=pmid25366012>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Kobayashi | first1 = T. | last2 = Roberts | first2 = J. | last3 = Levine | first3 = J. | last4 = Degrado | first4 = J. | title = Primary bladder amyloidosis. | journal = Intern Med | volume = 53 | issue = 21 | pages = 2511-3 | month =  | year = 2014 | doi =  | PMID = 25366012 }}</ref>
'''Urinary bladder amyloidosis''', more formally '''primary urinary bladder amyloidosis''', is a rare benign condition of [[urinary bladder]] that can mimic [[cancer]] of the [[urinary bladder]].<ref name=pmid25366012>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Kobayashi | first1 = T. | last2 = Roberts | first2 = J. | last3 = Levine | first3 = J. | last4 = Degrado | first4 = J. | title = Primary bladder amyloidosis. | journal = Intern Med | volume = 53 | issue = 21 | pages = 2511-3 | month =  | year = 2014 | doi =  | PMID = 25366012 }}</ref>


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Features:
Features:
*Lamina propria with amyloid (amorphous, paucicellular, pink material on H&E - classically "cracked").
*Lamina propria with amyloid (amorphous, paucicellular, pink material on H&E - classically "cracked").
DDx:
*Fibrin.
*Fibrosis.
*[[Leiomyoma]].
===Images===
<gallery>
Image: Urinary bladder amyloidosis -- very low mag.jpg | UBA - very low mag. (WC)
Image: Urinary bladder amyloidosis -- low mag.jpg | UBA - low mag. (WC)
Image: Urinary bladder amyloidosis -- intermed mag.jpg | UBA - intermed. mag. (WC)
Image: Urinary bladder amyloidosis -- high mag.jpg | UBA - high mag. (WC)
</gallery>


==Stains==
==Stains==
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==References==
==References==
{{Reflist|2}}
{{Reflist|2}}


[[Category:Diagnosis]]
[[Category:Diagnosis]]
[[Category:Genitourinary pathology]]
[[Category:Genitourinary pathology]]
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