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Postgraduate Medical Journal 2007;83:62-63; doi:10.1136/pgmj.2006.050112
© 2007 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and The Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine.

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Importance of red patches diagnosed in cystoscopy for haematuria and lower urinary tract symptoms

Herman Fernando, Sreenivasa S Thota, Glyn Burtt, Nicholas Waterfall, Imtiaz Husain

Department of Urology, Bedford Hospital NHS Trust, Bedford, UK

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Mr H Fernando
Department of Urology, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff CF14 4XW, UK; herman.fernando{at}yahoo.co.uk

Background: Biopsy of the red patches in the bladder, when found at cystoscopy, is routinely performed in urological practice. This is done to establish the sinister diagnosis of carcinoma-in-situ among other causes.

Objective: To analyse the pathology of the red patches and to determine if routine biopsy of these patches is warranted.

Patients and methods: This was a retrospective study conducted over a period of 36 months, in which 50 patients were identified, who underwent biopsies of their red patches. All patients with a history of bladder carcinoma and obvious bladder tumours were excluded from this study.

Results: The mean age of the patients was 60.8 years. 25 patients had cystoscopy for lower urinary tract symptoms, 21 for haematuria and 4 for recurrent urinary tract infection. Carcinoma in situ was found in 4 (8%) patients, of whom only 2 had positive urine cytology.

Conclusion: It is prudent to perform a biopsy of all incidentally diagnosed red patches because of a major yield rate of carcinoma in situ. This procedure also picks up other important pathologies, which help in further management.

Abbreviations: CIS, carcinoma in situ; LUTS, lower urinary tract symptoms

Keywords: CIS; LUTS; red patches


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