title: The role of abdominal and transrectal ultrasound and cytology in the detection of recurrent bladder tumours.
abstract: Transrectal and transabdominal ultrasound combined with cytology were compared with conventional cystoscopy as a mean of detecting recurrences of bladder tumours. One hundred and twenty-five patients underwent combination ultrasound in the outpatient department 1 week before cystoscopy. Combination ultrasound identified 90% of recurrent tumours and tumour identification with the results of ultrasound and cytology combined was 93%. The false positive rate was 2%. The ultrasonographer would have referred 97% of patients with recurrent tumour for cystoscopy. Combination ultrasound and cytology may be a satisfactory alternative to check cystoscopy in certain categories of bladder tumours.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Churchill Hospital, Headington, Oxford, UK.
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Davies
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cranston
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Turner
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Meagher
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Mastorakou
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Fellows
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003581:Cytodiagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014463:Ultrasonography; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*