A hidden urinary bladder diverticular tumour: a diagnostic challenge
Urinary bladder diverticulum tumour is rare. It has been estimated that only 2.6% of all bladder diverticulum develop malignancy and most were diagnosed late. Delay in diagnosis can be due to presence of intra-diverticular stone which can compress and hide any evidence of mucosal changes. We report...
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| author | Che Mohamed, Siti Kamariah Kamarulzaman, Mohd Nazli Ghazali, Hamid |
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| description | Urinary bladder diverticulum tumour is rare. It has been estimated that only 2.6% of all bladder diverticulum
develop malignancy and most were diagnosed late. Delay in diagnosis can be due to presence of intra-diverticular stone which can compress and hide any evidence of mucosal changes. We report the case of a 53-year-old man who presented with multiple lower urinary tract stone including in the urethra, bladder and bladder diverticulum. Serial investigations before a diagnosis of a bladder diverticulum adenocarcinoma were made. The tumour was hidden behind a stone. |
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| spelling | iium-481812016-02-23T09:10:17Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/48181/ A hidden urinary bladder diverticular tumour: a diagnostic challenge Che Mohamed, Siti Kamariah Kamarulzaman, Mohd Nazli Ghazali, Hamid RD Surgery Urinary bladder diverticulum tumour is rare. It has been estimated that only 2.6% of all bladder diverticulum develop malignancy and most were diagnosed late. Delay in diagnosis can be due to presence of intra-diverticular stone which can compress and hide any evidence of mucosal changes. We report the case of a 53-year-old man who presented with multiple lower urinary tract stone including in the urethra, bladder and bladder diverticulum. Serial investigations before a diagnosis of a bladder diverticulum adenocarcinoma were made. The tumour was hidden behind a stone. Ministry of Health and Universiti Brunei Darussalem 2015-08 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/48181/1/BIMJ2015-11-219-223.pdf Che Mohamed, Siti Kamariah and Kamarulzaman, Mohd Nazli and Ghazali, Hamid (2015) A hidden urinary bladder diverticular tumour: a diagnostic challenge. Brunei International Medical Journal, 11 (4). pp. 219-223. ISSN 2079-3146 (O), 1560-5876 (P) |
| spellingShingle | RD Surgery Che Mohamed, Siti Kamariah Kamarulzaman, Mohd Nazli Ghazali, Hamid A hidden urinary bladder diverticular tumour: a diagnostic challenge |
| title | A hidden urinary bladder diverticular tumour: a diagnostic challenge |
| title_full | A hidden urinary bladder diverticular tumour: a diagnostic challenge |
| title_fullStr | A hidden urinary bladder diverticular tumour: a diagnostic challenge |
| title_full_unstemmed | A hidden urinary bladder diverticular tumour: a diagnostic challenge |
| title_short | A hidden urinary bladder diverticular tumour: a diagnostic challenge |
| title_sort | hidden urinary bladder diverticular tumour: a diagnostic challenge |
| topic | RD Surgery |
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