A Case Report of an Inverted Papilloma of the Prostatic Urethra and a Synchronous Low-Grade Papillary Carcinoma of the Bladder

Han-Seung Yoon, A. Dempster

Department of Pathology, Dunedin School of Medicine, Otago University, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Southern Community Laboratories, Dunedin, New Zealand.

DOI: 10.4236/ojpathology.2012.24025                

Abstract

Inverted urothelial papilloma is a rare benign tumour and represents one of the urothelial lesions with inverted morphology. Accurate diagnosis and differentiation from other inverted lesions is important because its proper clinical management and expected clinical outcomes are distinctly different. Here we describe a case of a large inverted urothelial papilloma of the prostatic urethra and a synchronous non-invasive low-grade papillary urothelial carcinoma of the bladder in a 60 year-old man. We focus on the differential diagnosis of inverted urothelial papilloma.

Keywords

Inverted Papilloma; Papillary Urothelial Carcinoma; Prostatic Urethra; Urinary Bladder

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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