Urinary Bladder Flashcards
Patent urachus/urachal cyst think:
adenocarcinoma
Recurrent pyelonephritis think:
Vesicoureteral reflux
Diverticula increase risk for:
stasis –>
infection
calculi
Common cause of cystic (bladder) diverticula?
bladder outlet obstruction
ie. BPH, neoplasm
Failure of development of anterior abdominal wall:
Exstrophy
incr. risk of chronic infx, adenocarcinoma
Tissue character in adenocarcinoma?
glandular, mucous secreting
Conditions predisposing to bladder inflammation:
anything that causes stasis:
extrophy
obstruction
fistula
catheters
cystocele (multiple pregnancies)
calculi
neoplasms
Diabetes (bugs like sugar)
pyelo
pregnancy
neurogenic bladder
common presentation of bladder infx in old people?
altered mental status
Triad of sx for cystitis:
frequency
pain
dysuria
Cause of cystitis in immunosupressed?
candida
cryptococcus
Cause of cystitis in young sexually active pts:
chlamydia
mycoplasma
Most common causes of cystitis:
bacteria
E. coli
Proteus
Enterococcus
non-infx causes of cystitis:
radiation
chemo
-cyclophosphamide– HEMORRHAGIC
Hunner ulcer
PAINFUL
autoimmune related (SLE)
CULTURE NEGATIVE
cystitis
Hunner ulcer (interstitial)
Histo of acute cystitis:
PMNs
exudate
Histo of chronic cystitis?
LYMPHOCYTES
epithelial hyperplasia
fibrosis
soft, yellow raised plaques
Michaelis-Gutman bodies
E. coli, Proteus
foamy macrophages
Malacoplakia