An unexpected urinary bladder xanthoma:Case report

作     者：Martina Mandarano Guido Bellezza Giovanni Cochetti Giulio Metro Ettore Mearini Rachele Del Sordo Martina Mandarano;Guido Bellezza;Giovanni Cochetti;Giulio Metro;Ettore Mearini;Rachele Del Sordo

作者机构：Department of Medicine and SurgerySection of Anatomic Pathology and HistologyUniversity of PerugiaPerugiaItaly Department of Medicine and SurgeryDivision of Urology ClinicUniversity of PerugiaPerugiaItaly Medical OncologySanta Maria della Misericordia HospitalPerugiaItaly 

出 版 物：《临床与病理杂志》 (Journal of Clinical and Pathological Research)

年 卷 期：2021年第41卷第10期

页      面：2227-2230页

学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100214[医学-肿瘤学] 10[医学] 

主　　题：Urinary bladder xanthoma(UBX) rare urinary bladder lesion incidental urological finding case report 

摘      要：In spite of the fact that xanthomas of the skin,tendons and mucosae are relatively common conditions,urinary bladder xanthoma is a rare benign lesion,only occasionally reported in *** usually appears as an exophytic mass into the bladder cavity,which often worries the clinicians,because it is considered as a neoplasm that need both an excision and *** herein describe the 32nd case,accidentally identified in a 63-year-old man with a right urinary bladder mass on follow-up abdominal ultrasound scan for a previous open *** also referred mild obstructive lower urinary tract ***,a cystoscopy with biopsies was performed and the subsequent histopathological examination was consistent with the diagnosis of urinary bladder ***,no additional therapeutics interventions were needed,and the patient currently presents nor symptoms,recurrences,or other *** its rarity,it is important to correctly identify urinary bladder xanthoma,differentiating it from other pathological entities which present similar histopathological characteristics,but which sometimes could be associated with a patients’dismal ***,an accurate diagnosis of urinary bladder xanthoma can avoid both additional treatments and follow up,but also allows to recognize some potential detrimental pathologies which could be associated with it,such as either an altered lipid metabolism or urothelial *** and prompt recognition and treatment of these last can notably improve patient’s outcome.