Hodgkin's disease involving the urinary bladder diagnosed by urinary cytology: a case report.
A unique case of lymphocyte depletion Hodgkin's disease of the urinary bladder in a 91-year-old woman was diagnosed by exfoliative cytology on a single passed urine specimen. Subsequent bladder biopsy confirmed the diagnosis. Retrospectively, it was ascertained that the patient had had a previous diagnosis of Hodgkin's disease based on biopsy of a cervical lymph node ten years previously. This is the first case to be reported in which the presence of Reed Sternberg cells in a cytologic preparation of the urine led to the diagnosis of Hodgkin's disease with involvement of the bladder.
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014556:Urine / Q000166:cytology*