Daniel S. McPartlin1,2, Adam P. Klausner1,2,
Charles U. Nottingham1, Jeffrey P. Wolters1,
Albert Petrossian1, Laura R. Carucci3, B. Mayer Grob1,2
Canadian Journal of Urology, Vol.20, No.1, pp. 6615-6619, 2013
Abstract Introduction: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the yield of cystoscopy in detecting bladder malignancy following incidentally identified bladder wall thickening observed on computed tomography (CT) scans.
Methods and materials: Data from 3000 consecutive patients who underwent diagnostic cystoscopy at a single institution from 2006-2009 were collected retrospectively. All prior CT scan reports were reviewed, and patients whose sole indication for cystoscopy was incidentally detected bladder wall thickening were identified. Patients were categorized as diffuse thickening, focal thickening, or focal bladder mass based on the radiologist's report. Collected data included patient age, gender, race, smoking… More >
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