Cytologic detection of urinary bladder involvement in cervical cancer.
One-hundred and four patients with advanced carcinoma of the cervix had their urine specimens collected, at the time of cystoscopy, for cytologic detection of the presence of malignant cells. Forty-eight (46%) of the patients had evidence of bladder mucosal involvement at cystoscopy. The overall sensitivity of urine cytology in detecting bladder mucosal involvement was 56%, with a specificity of 93%. The predictive value for a positive result was 87% and the accuracy of the test was 76%. The findings indicate that urine cytology is a useful test for detecting bladder mucosal involvement in cervical cancer where cystoscopy is not available.
Omigbodun
A.O.
AO
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Department of Pathology, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria.
Thomas
J.O.
JO
Adewole
I.F.
IF