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==Overview==
==Overview==


There are no CT scan findings associated with [disease name].
[[Abdomen]] and [[pelvis]] [[CT angiography|CT]] scan may be helpful in the [[diagnosis]] of [[urethral]] [[cancer]]. [[Findings on urinalysis|Findings]] on [[CT angiography|CT]] scan include extravesical extension to [[lymph nodes]], the [[liver]] or other structures around the [[bladder]], nodal involvement in the [[pelvis]] or [[retroperitoneum]], [[visceral]], [[pulmonary]], or osseous [[metastasis]].
 
OR
 
[Location] CT scan may be helpful in the diagnosis of [disease name]. Findings on CT scan suggestive of/diagnostic of [disease name] include [finding 1], [finding 2], and [finding 3].
 
OR
 
There are no CT scan findings associated with [disease name]. However, a CT scan may be helpful in the diagnosis of complications of [disease name], which include [complication 1], [complication 2], and [complication 3].


==CT scan==
==CT scan==


*There are no CT scan findings associated with [disease name].
*[[Abdomen]] and [[pelvis]] [[CT scan]] may be helpful in the [[diagnosis]] of [[bladder cancer]]. [[Findings on urinalysis|Findings]] on [[CT scan]] [[diagnostic]] of urethral cancer include:  
OR
**Determine [[tumor]] size
*[Location] CT scan may be helpful in the diagnosis of [disease name]. Findings on CT scan suggestive of/diagnostic of [disease name] include:
**Extravesical extension to [[lymph nodes]], the [[liver]] or other structures around the [[bladder]]
**[Finding 1]
** To distinguish T3b [[tumors]] and T4 tumors
**[Finding 2]
**[[Nodal (protein)|Nodal]] involvement in the [[pelvis]] or [[retroperitoneum]], visceral, [[pulmonary]], or osseous metastasis
**[Finding 3]
**[[Tumor]] involvement or obstruction of the upper [[urinary tract]]
OR
[[File:Urothelial-bladder-cancer.jpg|400px|thumb|Ct scan showing urothelial bladder cancer [https://radiopaedia.org/cases/urothelial-bladder-cancer source:Case courtesy of Dr Domenico Nicoletti, Radiopaedia.org, rID: 45339]|center]]
There are no CT scan findings associated with [disease name]. However, a CT scan may be helpful in the diagnosis of complications of [disease name], which include:
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[Complication 1]
[Complication 2]
[Complication 3]


==References==
==References==

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Vindhya BellamKonda, M.B.B.S [2]

Overview

Abdomen and pelvis CT scan may be helpful in the diagnosis of urethral cancer. Findings on CT scan include extravesical extension to lymph nodes, the liver or other structures around the bladder, nodal involvement in the pelvis or retroperitoneum, visceral, pulmonary, or osseous metastasis.

CT scan

Ct scan showing urothelial bladder cancer source:Case courtesy of Dr Domenico Nicoletti, Radiopaedia.org, rID: 45339


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