The role of abdominal and transrectal ultrasound and cytology in the detection of recurrent bladder tumours.
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.
Davies
A H
AH
Department of Urology, Churchill Hospital, Headington, Oxford, UK.
Cranston
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D
Turner
W H
WH
Meagher
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T
Mastorakou
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Fellows
G J
GJ
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*