title: Urinary tract morphometry. An overview.
abstract: An overview is presented of the application of morphometry to conditions in the urinary tract, with the work of a number of researchers briefly summarized. The data discussed show that morphometric techniques are already being successfully applied in the differential diagnosis and grading of some diseases of the prostate, urinary bladder and kidney. In the prostate, nonneoplastic changes can be differentiated from neoplasms and prostatic carcinomas can be more precisely graded. Both cytologic and histologic preparations of bladder carcinomas can be graded by morphometric techniques. Morphometry has found another application in assisting in the distinction between normal kidneys and those with "minimal-change" disease. The specific criteria pertaining to the use of morphometric methods in each of these situations are also discussed.
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D011469:Prostatic Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D001745:Urinary Bladder Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D014556:Urine / Q000473:pathology; D014570:Urologic Diseases / Q000473:pathology*