Section Editor: Dharam M. Ramnani, MD

Virginia Urology, Richmond, VA, USA

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Radical cystectomy specimen from a middle-aged male showing a 2 cm sessile lesion with fine papillary excrescences on the posterior bladder wall lateral to the trigone. Histology showed high-grade urothelial carcinoma invading lamina propria. Surrounding mucosa showed cystitis cystica and cystitis glandularis.

Image courtesy of: Dr. Sanjay D. Deshmukh (Professor of Pathology) and Dr. J. M. Gadekar (Professor & Head of Surgery), Dr. Vithalrao Vikhe Patil Foundation's Medical College & Hospitals, Ahmednagar, India.

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