Urology II Flashcards
1st line investigation
Uss
imaging modalitits for urinary bladder
- US (transabdominal/ transrectal)
- voiding cystogram and retrograde urethrogram
- CT
- MRI
- Radionuclide examinations(functional
- ateriography
Uses of Uss in Lower GUT
Measurement UB wall thickness
Dx UB tumors and diverticulum
Measurement of PVRV (post voiding residual volume)
In case of trauma
Dx of some disease of genital tract
Types of US in lower GUT
Transabdominal
Trans rectal
Uses of VCUG
- Find the cause of urinary problem (repeated UTI and incontinence)
- Check for vesicoureteral reflux
- Check for structural problems of the bladder and urethra
- Follow up on other problems found during by different test
VCUG = Voiding Cystourethrogram
Parts of urethra:
Anterior urethra
Penile urethra
Bulbar urethra
posterior urethra
Membranous urethra
prostatic urethra
waht is the shape of the dome of bladder?
rounded in male
flat or concave in female
bladder is free or fixed?
relativly free, the neck is fixed by: puboprostatic ligaments (males) or pubovesical ligaments (females)
the most appropriate way to evaluate the urethra:
- Retrograde urethrography for anterior urethra
- Voiding uretrocytography for posterior urethra
When is the bladder thickness considered abnormal?
if > 3 mm when full or distended
Or > 5 mm when empty or non-distended.
Bladder Mural calcification may be seen in
Schistosomiasis
Chronic cystitis can cause:
A bladder neoplasm, foreign body, or diverticulum
cystitis by US:
- thick wall (diffuse or rarly focal)
- intra-luminal depris
- mural calcification (schistosomiasis)
- thimbled bladder (TB)
Contracted “Thimble” bladder result from
In cystitis secondary to tuberculosis
Modalities that are useful to assess for the presence of a fistula.
MRI and CT
if you see thickning + nodular + calcification in the UB
chistosomiasis cystitis
types of bladder cancer
- Transitional cell carcinoma (most common)
- Squamous cell carcinoma
- adenocarcinoma
- small cell carcinoma (rare)