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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 4

Photograph of bladder biopsy (HP00/7187): This 47-year old male sustained C-7 tetraplegia when he was stabbed with a knife in his neck fourteen years ago. He has long-term indwelling urethral catheter. Histology shows cystitis glandularis. There is moderate acute and chronic inflammation without ulceration. The chronic inflammatory infiltrate includes a lymphoid follicle without germinal centre. Polymorphs are present within the surface epithelium

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