Altwairgi Adil
Consultant Urologist, King Abdul-Aziz university Hospital, Jeddah, KSA.
Int J Health Sci (Qassim). 2011 Jul;5(2):181-5.
A case of primary amyloidosis of urinary bladder was presented with painless heamaturia and irritative urinary symptoms. Radiological imaging showed multiple small masses within the urinary bladder with suspicion of multiple transitional cell carcinomas within the urinary bladder. Cystoscopy confirmed the multiple masses within the urinary bladder, some showing haemorrhagic papules and papillary projections over the masses. Histopathology of the biopsy material was negative for the malignancy. Immunostaining of the biopsy material with Congo red stain showed the presence of amyloid fibrils within the biopsy material. Further investigations of systemic illness exclude the secondary amyloidosis. Transurethral resection was done. Patient showed improvement after the resection and no recurrence was observed during follow up. The purpose of this case presentation is to create awareness among the urologists to think for the rare entity of urinary amyloidosis especially if the histopathology is negative for the malignant cells.
本文报告一例膀胱原发性淀粉样变性病例,患者表现为无痛性血尿和刺激性尿路症状。影像学检查显示膀胱内有多个小肿块,怀疑膀胱内有多个移行细胞癌。膀胱镜检查证实膀胱内有多个肿块,部分肿块上可见出血性丘疹和乳头状突起。活检材料的组织病理学检查未发现恶性肿瘤。活检材料刚果红染色免疫组化显示活检材料中有淀粉样纤维。对全身疾病的进一步检查排除了继发性淀粉样变性。进行了经尿道切除术。患者术后病情改善,随访期间未观察到复发。本病例报告的目的是提高泌尿外科医生对罕见的膀胱淀粉样变性的认识,特别是在组织病理学检查未发现恶性细胞的情况下。