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. 2008 Aug 29;8:250. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-8-250

Table 4.

Patients' clinical, radiological, cystoscopic, and histopathological criteria.

(n = 130)
First complaint
 Burning micturition 73.8%
 Haematuria 20.8%
 Loin pain 3.8%
 Frequency 1.6%

Ultrasound findings
 Visible growth 99.1
 Bladder stones 8.9%
 Obstructed kidney 77%

IVU findings
 Visible filling defect 100%
 Obstructed kidney 77.3%
 Normal contrast secretion 82.7%

CT
 Liver cirrhosisBack pressure on kidneys 20%
 Back pressure on kidneys 80%
Bladder
 Single lesion 90%
 Multiple lesion 10%

Cystoscopy findings
 Involved urethra 0%
 Involved bladder neck 6.6%
 Involved ureteral orifice Tumor configuration 13.1%
  Solid 91.5%
  Papillary 8.5%

Pathological type
 Well differentiated SCC 43.8%
 Moderately differentiated SCC 20%
 Transitional cell carcinoma 15.4%
 Anaplastic carcinoma 8.5%
 Spindle cell carcinoma 5.4%
 Poorly differentiated SCC 3.8%
 Adenocarcinoma 3.1%

Stage of the tumor
 T2a 8.6%
 T2b 47.7%
 T3a 7.8%
 T3b 3.1%
 T4a 28.1%
 T4b 4.7%

Lymph node affection
 Positive 13.3%
 Negative 86.7%