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Urinary bladder mass

MedGen UID:
536850
•Concept ID:
C0238775
•
Finding
Synonyms: Bladder mass; Mass of bladder; Mass of urinary bladder
SNOMED CT: Mass of urinary bladder (428090004); Bladder mass (428090004); Mass of bladder (428090004)
 
HPO: HP:0034968

Definition

A swelling or enlargment localized to the urinary bladder. The word mass is usually used at an early stage of the diagnostic workup before the precise nature of the swelling has been determined. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVUrinary bladder mass

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Updates to Surgical Treatment of Female Stress Urinary Incontinence (SUI): AUA/SUFU Guideline (2023).
Kobashi KC, Vasavada S, Bloschichak A, Hermanson L, Kaczmarek J, Kim SK, Kirkby E, Malik R
J Urol 2023 Jun;209(6):1091-1098. Epub 2023 Apr 25 doi: 10.1097/JU.0000000000003435. PMID: 37096580
Management of urinary incontinence.
Nightingale G
Post Reprod Health 2020 Jun;26(2):63-70. doi: 10.1177/2053369120927112. PMID: 32627702
Hydronephrosis in the course of ureteropelvic junction obstruction: An underestimated problem? Current opinions on the pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment.
Krajewski W, Wojciechowska J, Dembowski J, Zdrojowy R, Szydełko T
Adv Clin Exp Med 2017 Aug;26(5):857-864. doi: 10.17219/acem/59509. PMID: 29068584

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Comparison of narrow band imaging versus white light imaging in detecting non muscle invasive bladder cancer.
Rt R, Sharma A, Biswal D, Goel S
Urologia 2024 May;91(2):289-297. Epub 2024 Feb 19 doi: 10.1177/03915603241232115. PMID: 38372242
Correlation between androgen and estrogen receptor expression and clinicopathologic features in carcinoma urinary bladder.
Shrivastava N, Jena R, Choudhary GR, Bhargava P, Vishwajeet V, Elhence P, Singh M, Bhirud DP, Sandhu AS
J Cancer Res Clin Oncol 2023 Nov;149(17):15795-15804. Epub 2023 Sep 5 doi: 10.1007/s00432-023-05348-z. PMID: 37668795
Safety, feasibility, and quality of thulium laser en-bloc resection for treatment of non-muscle invasive bladder cancer.
Assem A, Kassem A, Sherif M, Lotfi A, Abdelwahed M
Int Urol Nephrol 2023 Dec;55(12):3103-3109. Epub 2023 Aug 28 doi: 10.1007/s11255-023-03752-5. PMID: 37639155Free PMC Article
Ultrasonographic urinary tract abnormalities in Schistosoma haematobium infection.
Salah MA, Böszörményi-Nagy G, Al Absi M, Nagi MA, Alsaaidi AA
Int Urol Nephrol 1999;31(2):163-72. doi: 10.1023/a:1007168507070. PMID: 10481960

Diagnosis

Urinary Bladder Schistosomiasis Mimicking Neoplasm: A Case Report.
Darraj M
Medicina (Kaunas) 2022 Jul 27;58(8) doi: 10.3390/medicina58081001. PMID: 36013468Free PMC Article
Bladder-to-bladder metastasis: gallbladder cancer metastasising to the urinary bladder.
Mukherjee S, Abbaraju J, Russell G, Madaan S
Ann R Coll Surg Engl 2021 Apr;103(4):e116-e119. Epub 2021 Mar 8 doi: 10.1308/rcsann.2020.7048. PMID: 33682446Free PMC Article
Primary Urinary Bladder Angiosarcoma with Osteoclast-Like Multinucleated Giant Cells: A Case Report and Literature Review.
Nawar NA, Olsen J, Jelic TM, He C
Am J Case Rep 2016 Mar 7;17:143-9. doi: 10.12659/ajcr.896266. PMID: 26947436Free PMC Article
Detection of urinary bladder mass in CT urography with SPAN.
Cha K, Hadjiiski L, Chan HP, Cohan RH, Caoili EM, Zhou C
Med Phys 2015 Jul;42(7):4271-84. doi: 10.1118/1.4922503. PMID: 26133625Free PMC Article
Urinary bladder paraganglioma presenting as micturition-induced palpitations, dyspnea, and angina.
Bagchi A, Dushaj K, Shrestha A, Leytin AL, Bhuiyan SA, Radparvar F, Topchik S, Tuli SS, Kim P, Bakshi S
Am J Case Rep 2015 May 12;16:283-6. doi: 10.12659/AJCR.891388. PMID: 25965060Free PMC Article

Therapy

Urinary Bladder Schistosomiasis Mimicking Neoplasm: A Case Report.
Darraj M
Medicina (Kaunas) 2022 Jul 27;58(8) doi: 10.3390/medicina58081001. PMID: 36013468Free PMC Article
Urinary bladder mass with emphysematous cystitis: double whammy.
Parmar KM, Sharma G, Rai T
BMJ Case Rep 2019 Jun 5;12(6) doi: 10.1136/bcr-2019-230772. PMID: 31171537Free PMC Article
Successful Treatment of Coexisting Paraganglioma of the Retroperitoneum and Urinary Bladder by Intermediate-Dose 131I-MIBG Therapy: A Case Report.
Cai Y, Li HZ, Zhang YS
Medicine (Baltimore) 2015 Oct;94(41):e1686. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000001686. PMID: 26469903Free PMC Article

Prognosis

Correlation between androgen and estrogen receptor expression and clinicopathologic features in carcinoma urinary bladder.
Shrivastava N, Jena R, Choudhary GR, Bhargava P, Vishwajeet V, Elhence P, Singh M, Bhirud DP, Sandhu AS
J Cancer Res Clin Oncol 2023 Nov;149(17):15795-15804. Epub 2023 Sep 5 doi: 10.1007/s00432-023-05348-z. PMID: 37668795

Clinical prediction guides

Safety, feasibility, and quality of thulium laser en-bloc resection for treatment of non-muscle invasive bladder cancer.
Assem A, Kassem A, Sherif M, Lotfi A, Abdelwahed M
Int Urol Nephrol 2023 Dec;55(12):3103-3109. Epub 2023 Aug 28 doi: 10.1007/s11255-023-03752-5. PMID: 37639155Free PMC Article
Glomangiomyoma of Uncertain Malignant Potential in the Urinary Bladder: A Case Report.
Chalise S, Jha A, Neupane PR
JNMA J Nepal Med Assoc 2021 Jul 30;59(239):719-722. doi: 10.31729/jnma.5388. PMID: 34508517Free PMC Article
Detection of urinary bladder mass in CT urography with SPAN.
Cha K, Hadjiiski L, Chan HP, Cohan RH, Caoili EM, Zhou C
Med Phys 2015 Jul;42(7):4271-84. doi: 10.1118/1.4922503. PMID: 26133625Free PMC Article
Intravesical botryoid adenocarcinoma of the prostate: report of an unusual growth pattern of prostatic carcinoma simulating a urinary bladder tumor.
Camilot D, Pizzolitto S, DeMaglio G, Falconieri G
Ann Diagn Pathol 2007 Dec;11(6):413-6. Epub 2007 Sep 14 doi: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2006.12.009. PMID: 18022125

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