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The Lower Urinary Tract

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Epithelium of the UG tract ?   * transitional epi. ---> from renal pelvis t some of the urethra  
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Cells we see in the transitional epi ?   * Umbrella cells, under it is the lamina propria which is smooth muscle, and deeper to that is the detrusor muscle  
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Ureters Overview ?   * retroperitoneal and prone to injury and operation mistakes.... * 3 places stones can get stuck: crossing pelvis brim, crossing Iliac As, and entrance to the bladder  
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Congenital Anomalies of the Ureters ?   * Bifid Ureter (usu asympatomatic), Obstructions, and Hydronephrosis  
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Ureter Inflammation ?   * ureteritis follicularis = Lymphoid germinal centers in subepithelial region --> slight elevations of the mucosa with fine granular surface ..... * Or see them lined with little small cysts = Ureteritis cystica  
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Ureters – Tumors & Tumor-Like Lesions ? BENIGN   * Fibroepithelial Polyp (often in kids), loose CT under mucosal tissue..... * Leiomyoma (made of smooth muscle)  
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Ureters – Tumors & Tumor-Like Lesions ? MALIGNANT   * Transitional Cell Carcinoma = usu seen in 6 -7 decades ..... * get obstruction of the lumen (loks likes stuff growing all over the ureter)  
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Ureters – Obstructive Lesions ?   * Hydroureter, Hydronephrosis & Pyelonephritis due to an obstruction and can get infections due to urine stagnation..... * Sclerosing Retroperitoneal Fibrosis = remove it, and it just keeps coming back....* Pregnancy also obstructs it  
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Urinary Bladder – Congenital Anomalies ?   * Diverticuli – pouchlike evaginations of the bladder wall --> urinary stasis and develop stones and infections ..... * Exstrophy = developmental failure in anterior wall of the abdomen & the bladder (Complications = Adenocarcinoma) ......  
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continued...   * Fistulas = wastes coming out of the wrong orifice .... * Urachus = urine out of the belly button  
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Urinary Bladder - Inflammation ?   * Get Acute and Chronis --> biggest issue is pylonephritis, usu from E.Coli, Proteus, Kleb..... *  
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Common in Egypt & Sudan – predisposes to SCCA of bladder ? (squamous Cell)   * Schistosoma haematobium (see a black mass in the middle of the bladder)  
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Can cause hemorrhagic cystitis ?   * cyclophosphamide and adenovirus  
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Lymphoid follicles within the bladder mucosa & underlying wall; not necessarily associated with infection ?   * Follicular cystitis  
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Submucosal eosinophils; may be subacute inflammation or allergic ?   * Eosinophilic cystitis ..... * We See: A triad of frequency (every min), dysuria (hurt to pee) and lower abdominal pain  
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Urinary Bladder - Cystitis --> Interstitial Cystitis (Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome) basics ?   * seen in women, biopsy to rule out cancers.... * no infections or fissures at all .... * Associate with Hunners Ulcers (looks like a big white ulcer in the bladder wall) lead to a contracted bladder.....* See suprapubic pain, dysuria, hemauria, & freq.  
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Urinary Bladder - Cystitis --> Malacoplakia basics ?   * from E.Coli and Proteus ..... * Defect in Phagocytic cells .... * See Michaelis-Gutmann bodies (KNOW) .... * Looks like open bladder with white plaques on it  
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Urinary Bladder – Metaplastic Lesions   * Nests of urothelium grow down into lamina propria -> transform into cuboidal or columnar epithelium (cystitis glandularis) or cystic spaces filled with clear fluid lined by flattened urothelium (cystitis cystica) ...* Squamous Met = from injury  
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Shed renal tubular cells that implant in sites of injured urothelium ?   * Nephrogenic Adenoma  
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Urinary Bladder Neoplasms ?   * Urothelial tumors (transitional cell carcinomas) .... * high incidence in smoking and analgesic use ...* the deeper it goes, the worse prognosis.... * From deletions in 9 or 17, which inhibits p53  
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Types of urinary Neoplasms ?   * 4 Types = Papilloma, Invasive, Flat Non-Invasive, and Flat Invasive.... * Can be multifocal = being a mix of different types  
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Squamous Cell Carcinoma ?   * frequent in Sudan and Egypt due to invasion of bladder by Schistsoma haematobium.... * so look for a travel history  
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Urinary Bladder – Other Tumors ?   * Adenocarcinoma from urachus .... * Small Cell Carc. ..... * Children – embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma – polypoid grape-like = sarcoma botryoides ( looks like a red/grape mass)  
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Urinary Bladder - Obstruction ?   * Males = BPH and Females = Cystocele (prolapsed bladder) ..... * see bladder trabeculations .... * due to muscle thinning and we see get urine backing up.... * Can also see in foreign body blocking thing and from Neurogenic Bladder (in quadriplegics)  
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Urethra - Inflammation ?   * see local pain, itching, dysuria, and discharge.... * assume G - diplococci (Gono.) until proven otherwise..... * Also Can cause it --> Reiter’s Syndrome = urethritis, conjunctivitis & arthritis (Can't Pee, See, Climb a Tree)  
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Urethra – Tumor-Like Lesions ?   * Urethral Caruncle = on female external meatus, looks like a red cherry.... * just granulation tumor, and is super painful, excised = cured..can bleed when pt urinated  
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Can cause Penile curvature & painful coitus ?   * Peyronie disease  
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Urethra – Primary Carcinoma ?   * very uncommon, and if seen at the Distal urethra meatus = Squamous Cell Carcinoma (not assoc. w/ Shisto.)  
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