Table 2 The pathological characteristics of the bladder biopsy and the operating room of the patients in our series
From: Histology of variants of urothelial carcinoma of the bladder: a Moroccan series of 39 cases
Bladder biopsy N = 39 | RC N = 14 | |
|---|---|---|
Pathological stage pT, n (%) | ||
Ta | 4 (10) | 0 (0) |
T1 | 18 (46) | 0 (0) |
T2 | 17 (44) | 6 (43) |
T3 | – | 6 (43) |
T4 | – | 2 (14) |
Pathological lymph node stage pN, n (%) | – | |
N0 | 6 (43) | |
N1 | 3 (21.5) | |
N2 | 2 (14) | |
N3 | 0 (0) | |
Nx | 3 (21.5) | |
ISC, n (%) | ||
Present | 15 (38) | 3 (21.5) |
Absent | 24 (62) | 11 (78.5) |
Lymphovascular invasion, n (%) | ||
Present | 18 (46) | 4 (28.5) |
Absent | 21 (54) | 10 (71.5) |
Histological type, n (%) | ||
Malpighian differentiation | 12 (30) | 4 (28.5) |
Micropapillary differentiation | 5 (13) | 3 (21.5) |
Glandular differentiation | 6 (15) | 0 (0) |
Microcystic differentiation | 1 (2.5) | 0 (0) |
Sarcomatoid differentiation | 2 (5) | 2 (14) |
Lympho-epithelial differentiation like | 2 (5) | 1 (7) |
Neuroendocrine differentiation | 1 (2.5) | 1 (7) |
Plasmocytoid differentiation | 2 (5) | 0 (0) |
Like lympho-epithelial differentiation + sarcomatoid + microcystic | 1 (2.5) | 1 (7) |
Glandular + like lympho-epithelial differentiation | 1 (2.5) | 0 (0) |
Malpighian + glandular differentiation | 2 (5) | 0 (0) |
Squamous + micropapillary differentiation | 1 (2.5) | 1 (7) |
Sarcomatoid + glandular differentiation + microcystic | 1 (2.5) | 1 (7) |
No differentiation | 2 (5) | 0 (0) |
Lymph node invasion pN, n (%) | – | 5 (35.5) |
Micropapillary component, (%) | ||
5 | 2 (5) | 1 (7) |
10 | 1 (2.5) | 1 (7) |
≥ 15 | 2 (5) | 1 (7) |