Chapter 20, Part Of Others Flashcards
Urothelium
Special form of transitional epithelium
-5-6 layers of cells with oval nuclei, often with linear nuclear grooves, and a surface layer consisting of large, flattened umbrella cells with abundant cytoplasm
Morphology lamina propria of bladder
Wisps of smooth muscle that form discontinuous muscularis mucosae
Muscularis proporia
Deeper well defined larger muscle bundles of detruser muscles
Bladder cancers are staged on the basis of invasion of detruser muscle
What are the 3 points of narrowing of the ureter
Uteropelvic junction
Where the ureter enters the bladder
Where ureter crosses the iliac vessels
How does the ureter enter the bladder
Obliquity of the intramural segment of the urethral orifice permits the enclosing bladder msuculature to act like a sphincteric valve, blocking the upward reflux of urine even in the presence of marked distention of the urinary bladder
Defects in the and of the ureter entering the bladder may predispose to what
VUR->pyelonephritis
Double birdie ureters
Come off double renal pelvis or bifid pelvis
Most are unilateral and no clinical significance
Ureteropelvic junction obstruction
Most common cause of hydronephrosis in infants and kids
Early cases are more likely to be bilateral and happen in males
-often associated with other congenital abnormalities (espicially agenesis of the other kidney)
In adults, more common in girls and unilateral
-due to abnormal smooth muscle bundles at the UPK
Diverticula
Saccular outpouchings of the urethral wall
Most are asymptomatic, but urinary stasis can sometimes lead to recurrent infections
Can be associated with: dilation (hydroureter), elongation, and tortuosite of the ureters
Urethritis
Inflammation
Actually not associated with infections, little clinical significance
Primary tumor of the ureter are __
Rare
Small benign tumors of the ureter are generally of ___ origin in ureter
Mesenchymal
Fibroepithelial polyp ureter
Tumor like lesion that presents as a small mass projecting into the lumen
Often in kids
May also occur in the bladder, renal pelvises and urethra
Polyp is composed of loose, vascularized CT overlaid by urothelium
Primary malignant tumor of ureter: most common?
Urothelial carcinoma
Screening for cancer with urinary cytology is diagnostic for ureter?
No
Renal pelvic carcinoma, bladder malignancy, urethral carcinoma==all urothelial tissue
Field effect, field cancerization—the urine with carcinogens baths all this tissue
When do people get primary malignant tumors of ureter
50-60
What do primary malignant tumors of the ureters cause cause
Hydronephrosis
Describe primary malignant tumor of ureter
Sometimes multifocal and commonly occur with similar neoplasms in the bladder or renal pelvic
Sclerosing retroperitoneal fibrosis in ureter
Obstructive lesion, fibrotic proliferative inflammatory process encasing the retroperitoneal structures (SAD PUCKERS) and causing hydronephrosis
Most idiopathic/primary (ormond disease)
Who gets sclerosing retroperitoneal fibrosis
Middle late age men associated with IgG4 related diseases sometimes
Sclerosing retroperitoneal fibrosis involves other tissues as well, particularly what
Exocrine organs such as the pancreas and salivary glands
What can cause sclerosing retroperitoneal fibrosis
Drugs-ergot derivatives, beta adrenergic blockers
Adjacent inflammatory process—vasculitis, diverticulitis, IBD
Malignant disease—lymphomas, urinary tract carcinomas
LM sclerosing retroperitoneal fibrosis
Fibrous tissue containing prominent infiltrate of lymphocytes, often with germinal centers, plasma cells (IgG4 positive) and eosinophils
Treat sclerosing retroperitoneal fibrosis
Corticosteroids, but will need stents or surgery (ureterolysis: extrication of the ureters form the surrounding fibrous tissue)