Table 2.
Visualization of bladder abnormalities on imaging studies by time before pathologic diagnosis.
| Time before Pathologic Diagnosis (Months) | No. of Imaging Studies | Wall Thickening |
Wall Enhancement |
Intraluminal Mass |
Intramural Mass |
Extramural Mass |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0–6 | 88 | 20% (18/88) | 14% (12/88) | 63% (55/88) | 6% (5/88) | 5% (4/88) |
| 6–12 | 14 | 29% (4/14) | 14% (2/14) | 21% (3/14) | 0% | 0% |
| 12–18 | 23 | 26% (6/23) | 17% (4/23) | 4% (1/23) | 4% (1/23) | 0% |
| 18–24 | 13 | 46% (6/13) | 15% (2/13) | 15% (2/13) | 15% (2/13) | 0% |
| 24–36 | 31 | 26% (8/31) | 10% (3/31) | 13% (4/31) | 0% | 0% |
| >36 | 57 | 4% (2/57) | 0% | 4% (2/57) | 0% | 2% (1/57) |
| Total | 226 | 19% (44/226) | 10% (23/226) | 30% 67 (226) | 4% (8/226) | 2% (5/226) |