Surgical Pathology Cancer Case
Summary
URINARY BLADDER, URETER, RENAL PELVIS:
Report
URINARY BLADDER:
Cystectomy, partial or total; radical cystoprostatectomy;
anterior exenteration
MACROSCOPIC (check
all that apply)
SPECIMEN TYPE*
___ Partial cystectomy
___ Total cystectomy
___ Anterior exenteration
TUMOR SITE (check all that apply)*
___ Trigone
___ Right lateral wall
___ Left lateral wall
___ Anterior wall
___ Posterior wall
___ Dome
TUMOR SIZE: ___x___x___cm*
TUMOR
CONFIGURATION*
___ Papillary
___ Solid/nodule
___ Flat
___ Ulcerated
___ Indeterminate
OTHER ORGANS (if applicable, see optional Extended
Synopsis)*
___ None
___ Urethra
___ Ureter(s)
___ Prostate
___ Seminal vesicles
___ Uterus
___ Vagina
___ Other(s) (specify)
MICROSCOPIC
(check all that apply)
HISTOLOGIC
TYPE
___ Urothelial (transitional cell) papilloma (WHO/ISUP,
1998; WHO, 1973)
___ Urothelial (transitional cell) papilloma, inverted type
___ Squamous cell papilloma
___ Papillary urothelial (transitional cell) neoplasm, low malignant
potential (WHO/ISUP 1998)/grade I (WHO, 1973)
___ Urothelial (transitional cell) carcinoma in situ
___ Urothelial (transitional cell) carcinoma
___ Urothelial (transitional cell) carcinoma with the
following:
___
Squamous differentiation
___ Glandular
differentiation
___ Variant histology
(specify)
___ Squamous cell carcinoma
___ Typical
___ Variant
histology (specify)
___ Adenocarcinoma
___ Typical
___ Variant
histology (specify)
___ Small cell carcinoma
___ Undifferentiated carcinoma (specify)
___ Carcinoma, mixed cell type (check all that apply)
___ Urothelial (transitional cell)
___ Squamous cell
___ Adenocarcinoma
___ Small cell carcinoma
___ Other (specify)
HISTOLOGIC
GRADE
___ For urothelial carcinoma (WHO/ISUP, 1998)
___ Low
grade
___ High
grade
___ For adenocarcinoma and squamous carcinoma
___ GX:
Cannot be assessed
___ G1:
Well differentiated
___ G2:
Moderately differentiated
___ G3-4:
Poorly differentiated/undifferentiated
EXTENT OF INVASION
___ TX: Cannot be assessed
___ T0: No evidence of primary tumor
___ Ta: Noninvasive papillary carcinoma
___ Tis: Carcinoma in situ (“flat tumor”)
___ T1: Tumor invades subepithelial connective tissue
___ T2: Tumor invades muscularis propria
___ T2a:
Tumor invades superficial muscle (inner half)
___ T2b:
Tumor invades deep muscle
___ T3: Tumor invades perivesical tissue
___ T3a:
Microscopically
___ T3b:
Macroscopically (extravesicular mass)
___ T4: Tumor invades any of the following: prostate,
uterus, vagina, pelvic wall, abdominal wall
___ T4a: Tumor invades prostate or
uterus or vagina
___ T4b: Tumor invades pelvic wall
or abdominal wall
REGIONAL LYMPH
NODES
___ NX: Cannot be assessed
___ N0: No regional lymph node metastasis
Number examined: ___
___ N1: Metastasis in a single lymph node, 2 cm or less in
greatest dimension
Number examined: ___
___ N2:
Metastasis in a single lymph node, more than 2 cm but not more than 5 cm in
greatest dimension, or multiple lymph nodes, none more than 5 cm in greatest
dimension
Number
examined: ___
Number involved: ___
___ N3: Metastasis in a lymph node more than 5 cm in
greatest dimension
Number examined: ___
Total number involved
(any size): ___
MARGINS
___ Margins uninvolved by tumor
Distance of tumor
from closest margin: ___cm
(Specify margin:
__________)
___ Margin(s) involved by tumor
___ Deep radial margin (soft tissue)
___ Ureteral margin
___ Left ureteral margin
___ Right ureteral margin
___
Urethral margin
___ Urachal margin (if applicable)
___ Uterine margin (if applicable)
___ Vaginal margin (if applicable)
___ Other (s) (specify)__________
BLOOD/LYMPHATIC
VESSEL INVASION
___ Absent
___ Present
___ Indeterminate (see comment)
___ MX: Cannot be assessed
___ M0: No distant metastasis
___ M1: Distant metastasis (site(s)):____________________
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ADDITIONAL PATHOLOGIC FINDINGS*
___ Urothelial
dysplasia (low grade intraurothelial neoplasia)
___ Focal
___ Multifocal
___ Inflammation/regenerative changes
___ Therapy related changes
___ Cystitis cystica glandularis
___ Keratinizing squamous metaplasia
___ Intestinal metaplasia
___ Other (specify)
COMMENTS
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