Just as in any other organ, coated inside mucosa bladder may form polyps. Unlike in the intestine polyps Polyps in the intestine: a danger signal   and gall bladder, bladder polyps are not often degenerate into malignant tumors, however, such a scenario is not necessary to exclude the disease.

How and why are formed polyps in the bladder

Polyps bladder usually formed with prolonged inflammation in combination with a hereditary predisposition to the disease. Hereditary predisposition - is especially family structure and metabolism in this area. So if someone in the family has discovered polyps, his relatives are at risk for this disease.

Polyp in the bladder can be formed in the long course of chronic cystitis - inflammation of the bladder. In this case, during remission occurs proliferation of the mucosa. And because the state violated mucosa inflammation, restoring mucosal sites occurs. If this section mucosa has grown too much and takes its protrusion into the lumen of the bladder, we speak of polyps. Polyps may have different sizes (from a few millimeters to a few centimeters in diameter) and shape. But in most cases, they have a circular shape and sit on a thin stem.

In some cases, called polyps and benign tumors of the bladder. Sometimes the disease is completely transparent and the patient is unaware of his presence. Polyps of the bladder, as well as any other tumor, may degenerate into a malignant tumor (malignant), but it happens not so often as in the polyps of the gallbladder or the gastrointestinal tract, so they are not always removed, sometimes (with small diameter a few millimeters polyps) just watch them grow.

Signs of bladder polyps

A special feature of this disease is that it occurs imperceptibly. But if a polyp is large, it is often prone to failure and can then appear in the urine blood. Blood in the urine can be quite a bit (in this case, it can only be detected by the laboratory method in the study of urine), and can be a lot of urine and then periodically acquires a pink or red color What color goes red: beware .

Large polyp, located next to the ureter or the urethra (urethritis) can close their lumen, causing symptoms of acute urinary retention with severe pain and the urge to urinate when it is impossible to urinate. The same symptoms can occur when a small polyp Polyps: problem to solve   on a long stalk.

Polyp may complicate necrosis (dying away) tissue and bleeding, as well as the constant recurrence of inflammation in the bladder.

Diagnosis of bladder polyps

If you suspect that the polyps in the bladder is carried out first ultrasonography (US) art. On US Education soft tissue found in the bladder wall, protruding into the lumen.

Thus the bladder is introduced is very small video camera that allows the screen to see all the details of the changes in the mucosa, including neoplasm and by determining its size and appearance. Often during cystoscopy is white piece of tissue for analysis (biopsy) to determine the nature of education.

In some cases, a well x-ray of the bladder with a preliminary introduction into its cavity of contrast agents - cystography. In this case, the contrast medium fills the cavity of the bladder and on this background stands out clearly in the formation of a wall thereof.

Be sure to also conducted laboratory tests of urine (it may be signs of inflammation and blood) and biopsy to exclude polyp degeneration into a malignant tumor.

Treatment of bladder polyps

Small bladder polyps that do not show themselves, are often not removed and just watch them grow. If a polyp grows, gaps tend to close the ureter or urethra, or bleeding, then it is removed.

Removal of polyps in the bladder is usually carried out using a cystoscope operating under general anesthesia. The cystoscope has a special very small surgical instruments that allow for small operations. When you remove the polyp used diathermocoagulation: polyp is superimposed on the loop is heated to a high temperature and remove the polyp. Such an operation usually occurs bloodless as simultaneously when exposed to high temperature soldered blood vessels.

Galina Romanenko

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