Endosalpingiosis of urinary bladder presenting as a polypoidal mass: A case report and review of clinicopathological features


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Article type :

Case Report

Author :

Arpita Sutradhar, Kuntal Pandit

Volume :

12

Issue :

1

Abstract :

Abstract A 51 year of female presented to the outpatient department of a hospital with a complain of lower abdominal pain and heaviness for which an Ultrasonography of Kidney, Ureter and Bladder was advised which showed a hypoechoic cystic lesion (18.7x10.8mm) with mild vascularity in the indenting mid part of posterior wall of urinary bladder. The patient underwent Cystoscopy and Transabdominal excision of the Space occupying lesion. Histopathological study of the space occupying lesion demonstrated variably sized cystically dilated glands in the muscularis propria, lined by ciliated columnar tubal like epithelium. Immunohistochemically these glands were positive for PAX8. Accordingly, a diagnosis of endosalpingiosis of urinary bladder was made.

Keyword :

Endosalpingiosis, Urinary bladder, Mullearianosis