title: [Inverted papilloma of the bladder: diagnosis and course].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analyse the diagnosis, treatment and clinical course of inverted papilloma of the bladder
  
  
  METHODS
  Between January 1980 and January 2004, 12 patients with an inverted papilloma of the bladder were included, representing 0.36% of all bladder tumours treated over the same period.
  
  
  RESULTS
  This series consisted of 10 men and 2 women with a mean age of 62 years (range: 42-83 years). The most frequent presenting complaint was macroscopic haematuria (10/12 cases), associated with signs of bladder irritation in 8 cases. This lesion was solitary and frequently located in the trigone (7/12 cases). An associated transitional cell carcinoma was diagnosed in 5 cases.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Inverted papillomas of the bladder are rare, benign tumours that can be associated with urothelial carcinoma, requiring rigorous surveillance.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Urologie, CHU Charles Nicolle, Tunis, Tunisie. amine_derouiche@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: Amine
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Derouiche
authors.forename: Rabii
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: El Attat
authors.forename: Nadia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kourda
authors.forename: Mohamed Riadh
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Ben Slama
authors.forename: Sarra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ben Jilali
authors.forename: Mohsen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ayed
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018308:Papilloma, Inverted / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*