Table 1. Descriptive statistics of patients diagnosed with NTCCB.
VVF: Vesicovaginal fistulae; NTCCB: Non-transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder
Variable | Number |
Number of patients | 31 |
Gender | |
Male | 23 |
Female | 8 |
Presenting symptom | |
Hematuria | 23 |
Suprapubic pain | 7 |
Abdominal pain | 1 |
History of other primary malignancies | |
None | 22 |
Carcinoma colon | 4 |
Malignant VVF | 1 |
Colonic adenomas and rectal polyps | 1 |
Carcinoma cervix | 1 |
Carcinoma breast | 1 |
Comorbidities | |
Absent | 18 |
Present | 13 |
Location of tumor | |
Dome | 7 |
Right lateral wall | 6 |
Posterior wall with or without trigone involvement | 5 |
Bladder base | 3 |
Bladder diverticulum | 3 |
Left lateral wall | 2 |
Anterior wall | 1 |
Multiple locations | 4 |