CARCINOMA OF THE BILHARZIAL BLADDER IN EGYPT Clinical and Pathological Features

SUMMARY Carcinoma of the bilharzial bladder in Egypt is a special entity. The disease represents certain particular clinical and pathological features. In this series 304 cases with carcinoma of the bilharzial bladder were presented. The average age for the group was 46.7 years, with a male to female ratio of 4: 1. When first seen 25 per cent of cases were inoperable. Nodular fungating tumours accounted for 68 per cent of cases. Histologically, most of the cases (66 7 per cent) were of the squamous cell type. The regional lymph nodes were involved in 14 per cent of cases.