title: Xanthoma of the urinary bladder.
abstract: Xanthomas of the urinary bladder are rare lesions of reactive nature. They present as yellow-white mucosal plaques that may be mistaken for a neoplastic process. A biopsy displays stromal accumulation of lipid macrophages without accompanying inflammatory component. This article presents a 78-year-old woman who had a tumour-suspect xanthoma of the urinary bladder occurring subsequent to several resections of non-invasive carcinomas.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Sørlandet sykehus HF, N-4604, Kristiansand, Norway. christian.fredrik.lindboe@sshf.no
authors.forename: C F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Lindboe
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008264:Macrophages / Q000378:metabolism; D001745:Urinary Bladder Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000378:metabolism; D014973:Xanthomatosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000378:metabolism