[Inverted papilloma of the bladder: diagnosis and course].
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.
Derouiche
Amine
A
Service d'Urologie, CHU Charles Nicolle, Tunis, Tunisie. amine_derouiche@yahoo.fr
El Attat
Rabii
R
Kourda
Nadia
N
Ben Slama
Mohamed Riadh
MR
Ben Jilali
Sarra
S
Ayed
Mohsen
M
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*