Abstract

CLINICOPATHOLOGICAL STUDY OF URINARY BLADDER UROTHELIAL TUMORS (2017-2021) IN BASRA CITY SCIENTIFIC COUNCIL OF THE ARAB BOARD OF ANATOMIC PATHOLOGY

Hawraa Hameed Abass* and Sawsan Salih Al-haroon

Abstract

Introduction: The incidence of urothelial tumors have been increasing at high rate, especially urothelial carcinoma. Most of cases occur in men. Urothelial carcinomas are mainly diagnosed by TURBT and histologically; and a treatment choice depends upon cancer stage. Aim: To estimate the incidence of urothelial tumors in Basra city and analyze the results with published data. Methodology: A total 441 Cases of urothelial tumors were collected from governmental and private laboratories reports were collected; the study period was conducted from January 2017 to December 2021. Data analyzed according to age, sex, histopathological diagnosis, grade and stage. Results: The incidence of urothelial tumors in 5 years from 2017-2021, were the highest in 2018, with most common histologic type was urothelial carcinoma, with more common in male gender, with mean age of diagnosis was 63 year. Conclusion: The increasing of urothelial carcinoma as the most common types of bladder cancer could be attributed to life style and increase smoking, male are more common affected, low grade urothelial carcinoma and stage PT1 were the most encountered in this study can be explain as an early detection with TURPT.

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