Can colonoscopy be misdiagnosed as bladder cancer

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Bladder cancer is a terrible disease, and the harm of bladder cancer to patients is also serious. Patients with bladder cancer should be treated as soon as possible to avoid causing more serious harm to the body. Now I will tell you whether colonoscopy will misdiagnose bladder cancer.

Can colonoscopy be misdiagnosed as bladder cancer

First of all: the probability of misdiagnosis of bladder cancer by colonoscopy is relatively small, sigmoidoscopy and fiber colonoscopy examination, although the length of sigmoidoscopy is 25cm, 75% of colorectal cancer is within the scope of sigmoidoscopy. Microscopic examination can not only find cancer, but also observe its size, location and local infiltration.

Second, the sigmoid colonoscopy can take the tissue for pathological examination. Fibrocolonoscopy can provide a higher diagnostic rate. It has been widely used in China. Skilled operators can insert the fibrocolonoscopy into the cecum and terminal ileum, and take photos. It is an ideal examination method.

Finally: the shape of colonic pouch was irregular or disappeared, intestinal cavity was narrow, mucosal folds were disordered, destroyed or disappeared, filling defect, etc. Barium air double contrast radiography is more helpful in the diagnosis of colonic tumors with pedicle.

matters needing attention

Bladder cancer patients must be early detection and early treatment, to avoid causing more serious harm to the body, large-scale population prevention and control of colon cancer census is still lack of practical plan, only meet the above suspicious signs of colon cancer, timely select the appropriate examination method, early diagnosis, especially in the case of fecal occult blood test positive.