Further characterization of the muscle layers and lamina propria of the urinary bladder by systematic histologic mapping: Implications for pathologic staging of invasive urothelial carcinoma

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1420-1429

  Paner, Gladell P ^a   Ro, Jae Y ^b   Wojcik, Eva M ^c   Venkataraman, Girish ^c   Datta, Milton W ^d   Amin, Mahul B ^a  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Histology; Lamina propria; Muscle invasion; Muscularis mucosae; Muscularis propria; pT1; pT2; Staging; Substaging; Urinary bladder cancer; Vascular plexus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPLASIA; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; UROGENITAL TRACT TUMOR; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CARCINOMA; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; SOCIETIES, SCIENTIFIC; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS; UROTHELIUM; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 34548233891     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e3180588283     Document Type: Article

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