Electronic ISSN 2287-0237
This study aimed to validate the accuracy of urine cytology and histopathology in all urine specimens examined in Ramathibodi hospital from 2013 to 2016.
All urine cytological specimens from all groups of patients submitted for urine cytology with accompanying histological tissue samples collected concurrently or within 1 year after cytological diagnosis and examined from 2013 to 2016 were reviewed and correlated.
Two hundred and eleven samples were included. Cytological diagnostic results were 47.9%, 27.5% and 24.6% of negative, atypia/low-grade urothelial neoplasm and suspicious for malignancy/malignancy categories, respectively. Histopathological diagnoses comprised 48.3%, 21.8% and 29.9% negative/unremarkable, benign neoplasm/ atypia/low-grade papillary urothelial carcinoma and high-grade papillary urothelial carcinoma/carcinoma in situ/infiltrating urothelial carcinoma categories, subsequently. The sensitivity and specificity of high-grade urothelial carcinoma were 55.6% and 88.5%. Positive predictive value and negative predictive value were 67.3% and 82.4%.
Urine cytology has rather less sensitivity but high specificity for detection of urothelial carcinoma. Nowadays, it plays an important role to facilitate the physician for planning the management. However, integration of clinical information, urine cytological diagnosis and histopathological diagnosis is necessary for the most accurate diagnosis of urothelial carcinoma.
urine, cytology, urothelial carcinoma screening
Atcharaporn Pongtippan, MD, MIAC Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital 270 Rama VI Rd. Ratchatewi Bangkok 10400, Thailand. email: [email protected]
Received: May 25, 2018
Revision received: May 31, 2018
Accepted after revision: July 3, 2018
BKK Med J 2018;14(2): 6-9.
DOI: 10.31524/bkkmedj.2018.09.002
