A Clinicopathological Study of Various Lesions Encountered in Cystoscopic Bladder Biopsies

Abstract

BACKGROUNDIn clinical practice tumours of the bladder are one of the most common urological lesions observed and it is the 7 th most common cancer worldwide. Urinary bladder malignancies accounts for 3.2% of all cancers worldwide and males are commonly affected than females. Non-neoplastic lesions like chronic non-specific cystitis is most commonly seen and is important source of clinical signs and symptoms. Aim of the present study was to analyse the histopathological findings of different lesions in cystoscopic biopsies and to study the frequency of different pathological lesions with respect to age, sex, clinical symptoms, etc.