Tanabe S, Sugino S, Niiya K, Ichida K, Morishima S. A Case of Incidental Detection of Asymptomatic Bladder Cancer by Transvaginal Ultrasound.
Cureus 2021;
13:e20451. [PMID:
34956801 PMCID:
PMC8675591 DOI:
10.7759/cureus.20451]
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Abstract
We report a case of an incidental diagnosis of early asymptomatic bladder cancer using transvaginal ultrasonography. The patient was a 68-year-old female without urinary symptoms. Transvaginal ultrasonography revealed a 2-cm papillary mass in the bladder mucosa. Urine cytology revealed the presence of atypical cells indicative of malignancy. Cystoscopy revealed a stalked papillary tumor at the apex of the posterior wall of the bladder. Transurethral resection of the bladder tumor was performed, and a 2-cm papillary tumor was resected. A pathological diagnosis of non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer was made.
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