Epidemiological study of malignant tumors of urinary bladder in Babylon city

الملخص EN

This study was prepared to study malignant tumors of urinary bladder in Babylon City in term of histopathological aspect.

Eighty one case of histologically proven primary urinary bladder tumor were collected during the period from 2005-2007, the results were as follow : 1.

71 / 81 case was transitional cell carcinoma, 8 / 81 case were squamous cell carcinoma, 1/81 was adenocarcinoma and 1 / 81 was undifferentiated carcinoma.

2.

Male three times affected more than female.

3.

Age distribution of bladder carcinoma was 25-80 year.

4.

Regarding transitional cell carcinoma, most of the cases were from grade II (50 / 71) (70.45%).

5.

Muscle invasion was present in 27.1% of the cases as follow : A.muscle invasion was present in 18.3% of cases of transitional cell carcinoma.

B.

Muscle invasion was present in 100% of cases of squamous cell carcinoma.

Objective : the aim of the study is to know the most common and important tumors of urinary bladder in Babylon city and to identify its histological features.