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Scanning electron microscopic features of human urinary bladder cancer
Author(s) -
Jacobs Jerome B.,
Cohen Samuel M.,
Farrow George M.,
Friedell Gilbert H.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(19810915)48:6<1399::aid-cncr2820480623>3.0.co;2-c
Subject(s) - medicine , urinary bladder cancer , urinary system , urinary bladder , bladder cancer , cancer , human bladder , pathology , urology
Biopsies from 17 cases of transitional cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder were examined by scanning electron microscopy to evaluate surface features of the luminal cells. Pleomorphic microvilli were observed on cells in all cases regardless of tumor grade. Several types of cell surface patterns were observed but variability in apppearance increased with grade as did the degree of pleomorphism of the microvilli. Pleomorphic microvilli were not observed in biopsies from two patients without bladder lesions.