Histopathological Pattern of Urinary Bladder Tumours in Tertiary Care Hospital, Kashmir

Abstract

Urinary bladder cancer is one of the most common cancers worldwide, with the highest incidence in industrialized countries. A total of 225 cases of urinary bladder tumours were studied at the Department of Pathology, Government medical college Srinagar, Kashmir, India over a period of 4 years (Jan 2015 to Dec 2018). Tumours were evaluated as per Age, Sex, Histological type, grade of tumour and clinical features. Males were more commonly affected than females. Low grade Papillary urothelial carcinomas (PUC) were more common (66.4%) than high grade (28.5%). Peak age of incidence was 7th decade of life. Painless hematuria was the commonest symptom in high grade tumours and pain abdomen was mostly seen in high grade tumours. A denitive correlation between advancing grade of tumour and detrusor muscle invasion was observed