08-29-2005, 06:26 AM
A 68-year-old retired rubber industry worker, whose tobacco use averaged two packs of cigarettes per day for 40 years, presents with a complaint of gross hematuria. Cystoscopy reveals multiple, friable, easily bleeding, papillary lesions in the bladder. Which of the following statements is true about this disease process?
A. Bleeding is most often intermittent, which delays diagnosis.
B. Cystoscopy is rarely sufficient for diagnosis.
C. Gross hematuria is rarely the presenting complaint.
D. Microscopic pathology of tumors is most often consistent with squamous-cell carcinoma.
E. The male:female ratio is approximately equal.
F. Recurrence is rare after resection.
A. Bleeding is most often intermittent, which delays diagnosis.
B. Cystoscopy is rarely sufficient for diagnosis.
C. Gross hematuria is rarely the presenting complaint.
D. Microscopic pathology of tumors is most often consistent with squamous-cell carcinoma.
E. The male:female ratio is approximately equal.
F. Recurrence is rare after resection.