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Bladder & urothelial tract

Authors: Turki Al-Hussain, M.D., Mohammed Alghamdi, M.B.B.S., Nicole K. Andeen, M.D., Daniel A. Anderson, M.D., M.B.A., Daniel Athanazio, M.D., Ph.D., Veronika Bahlinger, M.D., Harsh Batra, M.B.B.S., D.C.P., D.N.B., Maria Carolina Beeter, M.D., Megan L. Brown, M.D., Alcides Chaux, M.D., Bonnie Choy, M.D., J. Cody Craig, M.D. , Min Dai, M.D., Ph.D., Michelle R. Downes, M.D., Lindsey Durowoju, M.D., Reima El Naili, M.D., Jonathan I. Epstein, M.D., Gong Feng, M.D., Ph.D., Jatin S. Gandhi, M.B.B.S., M.D., Michelle Garrison, B.S., Mustafa Goksel, M.D., Jennifer B. Gordetsky, M.D., Lucy Jager, M.D., Jennifer Lee, M.D., John Loggie, M.D., M.Sc., Varsha Manucha, M.D., Timothy Isaac Miller, M.D., M.A., Hunter Monroe, M.D., Manasa Morisetti, M.D., Ngoc-Nhu Jennifer Nguyen, M.D., Erdener Özer, M.D., Ph.D., Vaishali Pansare, M.D., Rugvedita Parakh, M.D., Anil Parwani, M.D., Ph.D., M.B.A., Nat Pernick, M.D., Benjamin Luigi Petrykowski, D.O., Maria Luisa C. Policarpio-Nicolas, M.D., Susan Prendeville, M.D., Maria Cecilia D. Reyes, M.D., Nathan Rinehouse, M.D., Carol Rizkalla, M.B.B.Ch., B.A.O., Monika Roychowdhury, M.D., Iryna Samarska, M.D., Ph.D., Ruhani Sardana, M.B.B.S., Judy Sarungbam, M.D., Christian M. Schürch, M.D., Ph.D., Moe Thuzar, M.D., Mirna Toukatly, M.D., Maria Tretiakova, M.D., Ph.D., Aida Valencia, M.D., Theodorus van der Kwast, M.D., Ph.D., Sean R. Williamson, M.D., Huihui Ye, M.D., M.S., Y. Albert Yeh, M.D., Ph.D., Yan Hong Shirley Yu, M.D., Bohdan Zoshchuk, M.D., Chunlai Zuo, M.D., M.S., Debra L. Zynger, M.D.

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Table of contents
General:anatomy books features to report, grossing & frozen section grading-bladder histology staging-bladder carcinoma staging-female urethra staging-male urethra staging-renal pelvic carcinoma staging-ureter carcinoma urinary diversion / neobladder WHO classification
Cytology:cytology-general, normal findings & biomarker testing cytology-neoplastic cytology-nonneoplastic Paris system for urothelial neoplasia
Congenital anomalies:arteriovenous malformation duplication ectopic prostate exstrophy persistent cloaca prune belly syndrome urachus ureters-congenital anomalies
Cystitis:acute cystitis bullous cystitis cystitis cystica and cystitis glandularis emphysematous cystitis encrusted cystitis eosinophilic cystitis follicular cystitis granulomatous cystitis hemorrhagic cystitis interstitial cystitis polypoid / papillary cystitis radiation cystitis schistosomiasis (bilharziasis)
Other nonneoplastic:amyloidosis diverticula fibroepithelial polyp flat lesions with reactive changes intestinal metaplasia malakoplakia Müllerian lesions nephrogenic metaplasia postoperative spindle cell nodule prostatic type polyp squamous metaplasia treatment effect
Urethral carcinoma:urethral carcinoma
Urothelial neoplasms - noninvasive:carcinoma in situ dysplasia flat hyperplasia flat lesions with atypia of unknown significance inverted urothelial papilloma noninvasive papillary urothelial carcinoma low grade noninvasive papillary urothelial carcinoma high grade papillary urothelial neoplasm of low malignant potential urothelial papilloma
Urothelial carcinoma - invasive:diverticular carcinoma (pending) invasive urothelial carcinoma inverted growth pattern lipid-rich lymphoepithelioma-like microcystic micropapillary nested plasmacytoid poorly differentiated variant (including osteoclast rich giant cells) sarcomatoid variant urethral accessory gland carcinomas (pending) with trophoblastic differentiation with glandular differentiation with squamous differentiation
Squamous cell neoplasms:condyloma acuminatum squamous cell carcinoma squamous cell papilloma verrucous carcinoma
Glandular neoplasms:adenocarcinoma adenocarcinoma in situ clear cell (adeno)carcinoma urachal adenocarcinoma villous adenoma
Neuroendocrine neoplasms:large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma paraganglioma small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma well differentiated neuroendocrine tumor
Other tumors:angiosarcoma inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor metastases rhabdomyosarcoma
Bladder, ureter & renal pelvis stains: CK7 CK20 GATA3 HER2 bladder (pending) p40 p63 PDL1 22C3 uroplakin II

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Index (Alphabetical table of contents)
A-E:acute cystitis adenocarcinoma adenocarcinoma in situ amyloidosis anatomy angiosarcoma arteriovenous malformation bullous cystitis carcinoma in situ clear cell (adeno)carcinoma condyloma acuminatum cystitis cystica and cystitis glandularis cytology-general, normal findings & biomarker testing cytology-neoplastic cytology-nonneoplastic diverticula diverticular carcinoma (pending) duplication dysplasia ectopic prostate emphysematous cystitis encrusted cystitis eosinophilic cystitis exstrophy
F-N:features to report, grossing & frozen section fibroepithelial polyp flat hyperplasia flat lesions with atypia of unknown significance flat lesions with reactive changes follicular cystitis grading-bladder granulomatous cystitis hemorrhagic cystitis histology inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor interstitial cystitis intestinal metaplasia invasive urothelial carcinoma inverted growth pattern inverted urothelial papilloma large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma lipid-rich lymphoepithelioma-like Müllerian lesions malakoplakia metastases microcystic micropapillary nephrogenic metaplasia nested noninvasive papillary urothelial carcinoma high grade noninvasive papillary urothelial carcinoma low grade
O-Z:papillary urothelial neoplasm of low malignant potential paraganglioma Paris system for urothelial neoplasia persistent cloaca plasmacytoid polypoid / papillary cystitis poorly differentiated variant (including osteoclast rich giant cells) postoperative spindle cell nodule prostatic type polyp prune belly syndrome radiation cystitis rhabdomyosarcoma sarcomatoid variant schistosomiasis (bilharziasis) small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma squamous cell carcinoma squamous cell papilloma squamous metaplasia staging-bladder carcinoma staging-female urethra staging-male urethra staging-renal pelvic carcinoma staging-ureter carcinoma treatment effect urachal adenocarcinoma urachus ureters-congenital anomalies urethral accessory gland carcinomas (pending) urethral carcinoma urinary diversion / neobladder urothelial papilloma verrucous carcinoma villous adenoma well differentiated neuroendocrine tumor WHO classification with glandular differentiation with squamous differentiation with trophoblastic differentiation
Bladder & urothelial tract books

Amin: 2022

Cheng: 2019

Eble: 2022

Epstein: 2023

Haber: 2010

Hansel: 2018

IARC: 2022

Jim Zhai: 2015

Lopez-Beltran: 2016

Raspollini: 2019

VandenBussche: 2019

VandenBussche: 2022

Wobker: 2021

Wojcik: 2022

Yang: 2020

Zhou: 2022

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