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  2. Cystoscopy - Wikipedia

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    Cystoscopy has similar indications in animals, including visualisation and biopsy of mucosa, retrieval or destruction of urinary bladder stones and diagnosis of ectopic ureters. [9] [10] [11] In turtle and tortoises, cystoscopy has additional value as it permits the visualisation of internal organs due to the thin urinary bladder wall. [12]

  3. Bladder cancer - Wikipedia

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    Bladder cancer is much more common in men than women; around 1.1% of men and 0.27% of women develop bladder cancer. [2] This makes bladder cancer the sixth most common cancer in men, and the seventeenth in women. [69] When women are diagnosed with bladder cancer, they tend to have more advanced disease and consequently a poorer prognosis. [69]

  4. Papillary urothelial neoplasm of low malignant potential

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    PUNLMPs are exophytic lesions that appear friable to the naked eye and when imaged during cystoscopy. They are definitively diagnosed after removal by microscopic examination by pathologists. [citation needed] Histologically, they have a papillary architecture with slender fibro vascular cores and rare basal mitoses. The papillae rarely fuse ...

  5. This Is One of the Most Common Signs of Bladder Cancer ... - AOL

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    Bladder cancer is diagnosed through a procedure called a cystoscopy. A cystoscopy allows the doctor to look inside the bladder and urethra using a small, tube-like instrument with a lens.

  6. Cystography - Wikipedia

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    In radiology and urology, a cystography (also known as cystogram) is a procedure used to visualise the urinary bladder. Using a urinary catheter, radiocontrast is instilled in the bladder, and X-ray imaging is performed. Cystography can be used to evaluate bladder cancer, vesicoureteral reflux, bladder polyps, and hydronephrosis.

  7. Hunner's ulcer - Wikipedia

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    The drug Elmiron helps, for some patients, to prevent the formation of Hunner's ulcers by coating the bladder wall, thus making it harder for the acid in urine to irritate the bladder wall lining, which can lead to ulceration. Elmiron is a controversial medication within the interstitial cystitis community, with its efficacy questioned by many.

  8. Does Medicare cover Aquablation for benign prostatic ... - AOL

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    Next, they insert a long, narrow tube called a cystoscope into the bladder. Guided by ultrasound images, the doctor applies water pressure to reduce the amount of excess tissue. ... bladder cancer ...

  9. Bladder stone - Wikipedia

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    The diagnosis of bladder stone includes urinalysis, ultrasonography, x rays or cystoscopy (inserting a small thin camera into the urethra and viewing the bladder). The intravenous pyelogram can also be used to assess the presence of kidney stones.