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From: The method of bladder drainage in spinal cord injury patients may influence the histological changes in the mucosa of neuropathic bladder – a hypothesis

Figure 2

Photograph of urinary bladder biopsy (H-4470/98): A 20-year male sustained C-4 complete tetraplegia two years ago when he fell off football goal post. He has chronic indwelling urethral catheter. Histology shows severe chronic follicular cystitis. There is a large lymphoid follicle with germinal centre, occupying most of the stroma of the biopsy. Elsewhere, there is light scattering of lymphocytes and plasma cells. There is no ulceration of surface urothelium.

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