Article
[Phenotypic changes in mucin-secreting cells in the ileal neobladder mucosa: a metaplastic or precancerous lesion?].
Chirurgia italiana - 1 Jan 1998
Di Tonno F, Bertoldin R, Vianello F, Di Pietro R, Cassaro M, Lavelli D, Rugge M
Abstract excerpt
Colonic metaplasia with shifting from sialo-to sulfomucins was observed in 10/18 patients with ileal orthotopic neobladder; their median follow-up was 59 months. There is a significant statistical relationship (p = 0.002) between Colonic Metaplasia and a follow-up longer than 14 months. Diversion...
Topics
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Biopsy
- Colon
- Colonic Neoplasms
- Data Interpretation, Statistical
- Female
- Follow-Up Studies
- Humans
- Ileum
- Intestinal Mucosa
- Metaplasia
- Middle Aged
- Mucins
- Phenotype
- Precancerous Conditions
- Sialomucins
- Time Factors
