Urinary bladder, septic cystitis

Object numberGC.9488
TitleUrinary bladder, septic cystitis
DescriptionWet specimen.
Part of a pelvis showing inflammation of the urinary bladder, from an adult male in whom acute septic cystitis followed diagnostic examination by means of a Luy's separator.
The urinary bladder is contracted and its capacity correspondingly diminished. The epithelium in its proximal half is necrotic and sloughy and distally forms a few massive folds. The muscular wall is thick, oedematous and necrotic. The prostate is of normal size.
Production date 1922
Production periodTwentieth century, early
Object nameBLADDER
Object categoryAnatomical, specimen