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The Use of Transabdominal Ultrasound in the Detection of Early Bladder Tumours
Author(s) -
MALONE P. R.,
WESTONUNDERWOOD J.,
ARON P. M.,
WILKINSON K. W.,
JOSEPH A. E. A.,
RIDDLE P. R.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
british journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.773
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1464-410X
pISSN - 0007-1331
DOI - 10.1111/j.1464-410x.1986.tb05458.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cystoscopy , bladder cancer , ultrasound , radiology , stage (stratigraphy) , lesion , carcinoma , urology , cancer , surgery , pathology , urinary system , biology , paleontology
Summary— We have studied the accuracy of transabdominal ultrasound (TAUS) in the diagnosis of early superficial bladder carcinoma. One hundred and twenty‐six patients returning for check cystoscopy were scanned pre‐operatively with the Technicare Autosector Scanner and the results compared with the endoscopic findings. Forty‐four patients (37%) had a tumour recurrence. TAUS demonstrated a lesion in 50% of these with a false positive rate of 11 %. The diagnostic accuracy was proportional to the tumour size (82% of patients with tumours above 5 mm were detected compared with 38% below 5 mm), but was not affected by grade, stage or position in the bladder. TAUS may prove a useful adjunct to cytology as a screening test for bladder cancer.