Imaging

Key Information

Size and location of primary tumor, extension into pubic bone; spread to adjacent tissues or organs; regional lymph nodes; sites of distant organs or lymph nodes involved

Chest X-ray
KUB (Kidneys-ureter-bladder)
IVP (Intravenous Pyelogram)
Retrograde Pyelogram
Cystogram: x-rays to visualize the bladder after the introduction of radiopaque contrast via urethral catheter. After the patient voids, air may be used as a second contrast agent. Also called cystography, double contrast cystogram.
Key words/involvement:
Stricture, mass, mass effect, metastases, lytic lesion, osteolytic lesion, blastic lesion, osteoblastic lesion, surface irregularities of bladder, filling defect in the bladder, non-functioning kidney, ureteral obstruction

Other words/no involvement:
If there is no specific reference to abnormality in the bladder
Lymphangiogram
Pelvic Ultrasound
Imaging, Abdomen/pelvis
Imaging, Bone
Imaging, Brain
Imaging, Liver/spleen

For more information about imaging, you may visit the following pages in the Diagnostic Tests module: Other Imaging.