TURBT · Recognition · D21

Fat in the base

Allow about two minutes for two rounds. This scenario is teaching content; the score supports revision and does not assess clinical competence.

TURBTRecognition · Core

The scenario

  • TURBT of a 2 cm tumour on the dome.
  • Resection to the base is under way.
What you see
  • The base of the resection changes character.
  • Instead of pale, fibrous detrusor there is yellow, lobulated tissue.
Resectoscope view: the resection base on the bladder dome
Resectoscope view: the resection base on the bladder dome
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Teaching only · not for diagnosis or treatment decisions