The specialist will review your medical history and perform a physical exam as part of the evaluation.
Apelvic examor adigital rectal exammight also be performed.
Causes and Risk Factors
The exact cause of polypswhy they occur and why some become canceris unknown.
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In most cases, polyps have no known cause.
With that said, certain factors can increase the risk of polyps.
As an entity, bladder polyps are also uncommon and fall into two broad categories.
Bladder Polyp Types
There are different neoplastic and nonneoplastic polyps, which vary by their appearance.
These variations can also make certain polyps easier or harder to find and remove.
Some share characteristics of neoplastic polyps and require a pathologist to make the distinction.
Dysplasia can be low, moderate, or high grade.
The more dysplastic an adenomatous polyp is, the more likely it will become cancerous.
Polyps that are large, suspicious, and causing symptoms are invariably removed.
This is typically done with a procedure known astransurethral resection of bladder tumor (TURBT).
This is sometimes calledfulguration.
Recovery
The TURBT procedure usually takes no longer than one hour.
after you snag recovered from the anesthesia, you might return home.
You may have bloody urine for up to three days and traces of blood for up to 14 days.
Bleeding and bruising are common, but infection is rare.
Complications and Future Risks
The main complication of a bladder polyp is bladder cancer.
If the pathologist finds cancer, the next step is tostage and gradethe malignancy.
These findings will direct the appropriate course of treatment.
This involves the removal of the bladder, nearbylymph nodes, and some or all of the urethra.
Polyps can be identified with a procedure called cystoscopy.
They reduce the risk of recurrence common with bladder cancer.
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