Staging of carcinoma in schistosomal urinary bladder comparative computed tomographic and pathological studies

ABSTRACT

Seventy patients with carcinoma of schistosomal urinary bladder were investigated by computed tomography [CT] and the results were compared with those of pathological staging. There was over-staging in 3 out of 16 [18.75%] intramural tumors and under-staging in 3 [5.5%] out of 54 extramural tumors. CT demonstrated 5 patients out of 22 with enlarged pelvic lymph nodes [22.7%] with 2 false positive and one false negative results: