Samenvatting
Deze casus beschrijft een zeldzame afwijking van de blaas, geduid als pseudomelanosis. In het blaasurotheel werden bij cystoscopie bruin-zwarte lijntjes gezien. Dit kan wijzen op melanosis of op pseudomelanosis van de blaas, waarbij er een abnormale depositie is van melaninepigment of op melanine gelijkend pigment. Deze afwijking is zeldzaam en opmerkelijk, omdat blaasurotheel normaal geen melanocyten bevat. Pseudomelanosis bestaat uit melaninepigment of een combinatie hiervan zonder aanwezigheid van melanocyten. Met name vanwege deze afwezigheid van melanocyten beschouwen we pseudomelanosis als benigne en niet als een precursor van maligne melanoom.
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(Pseudo)melanosis of the bladder
This case describes a rare abnormality of the bladder, defined as pseudomelanosis. During cystoscopy brown-black lines were noticed within the urothelium of the bladder. This may indicate melanosis or pseudomelanosis of the bladder, which is due to abnormal deposition of melanin containing pigment or pseudomelanin containing pigment in the urothelium. This is rare and remarkable since normal bladder urothelium does not contain melanocytes. Pseudomelanosis consists of melanin containing pigment or pigment combined with melanin, without the presence of melanocytes. In particular because of the absence of melanocytes, we consider pseudomelanosis te be a benign condition and not a precursor of malignant melanoma.
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Smeets, M., de Wit, P. & van der Schoot, D. Case report. (Pseudo)melanosis van de blaas. Tijdschrift voor Urologie 3, 111–116 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13629-013-0065-1
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