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Postoperative spindle‐cell nodule of urinary bladder with unusual intracytoplasmic inclusions
Author(s) -
Lo James W.,
Fung Christopher H. K.,
Yonan Theodore,
Dimauro Jose
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
diagnostic cytopathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1097-0339
pISSN - 8755-1039
DOI - 10.1002/dc.2840080216
Subject(s) - medicine , pathology , nodule (geology) , inclusion bodies , urinary bladder , urinary system , etiology , anatomy , biology , urology , paleontology , biochemistry , escherichia coli , gene
Postoperative spindle‐cell nodule of the urinary bladder (or in the absence of previous surgical procedure, inflammatory pseudotumor) is a reactive process of unknown etiology mimicking a sarcoma. Intracytoplasmic inclusion bodies were noted inside the atypical spindle cells on Diff‐Quik stained smears in a recent case of this entity. Although fluorescence was noted in the inclusion bodies with monoclonal antibodies against the major outer membrane protein of the Chlamydia species, the exact nature of these inclusion bodies remains unknown. © 1992 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.