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Vegetable cells in urinary samples of patients with bricker ileal conduit
Authors:Tanja Planinšek B.SC.  Aleš Kladnik Ph.D.  Živa Pohar‐Marinšek M.D.   Ph.D.  Margareta Strojan Fležar M.D.   Ph.D.
Affiliation:1. Department of Cytopathology, Institute of Oncology Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia;2. Department of Biology, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia;3. Institute of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Abstract:During routine cytopathological evaluation of urines for malignant cells we have occasionally noticed vegetable cells that were only present in patients with Bricker ileal conduit. We wanted to identify the means and sources of contamination of urinary samples from these patients. During the period between May and November 2010, 637 urinary samples were routinely evaluated for malignant cells. Among them were 13 urinary samples from Bricker ileal conduit which we rescreened. We prepared all urinary samples by membrane filtration and stained them according to Papanicolaou. Subsequently, we prepared samples from ostomy adhesives made by Coloplast and by ConvaTec which are used to secure the ostomy bag onto urostomy. We also took samples from different constituents (hydrocolloids) of ostomy adhesives. On the cytopathological review, we found vegetable cells along with intestinal mucosa cells in urinary samples of seven patients with Bricker ileal conduit. With the light microscopic examination of the samples prepared from different ostomy adhesives, we found vegetable cells only in Coloplast adhesives. In preparations of hydrocolloids, we found vegetable cells only in guar gum. They were morphologically identical to those found in urine samples of patients with Bricker ileal conduit and in Sensura and Sensura Xpro (Coloplast) ostomy adhesives. We determined that the origin of vegetable cells in urines from Bricker ileal conduit is the ostomy adhesive. The vegetable cells differ from human intestinal epithelial cells regarding size, shape, and color so it is difficult to misinterpret them as dysplastic cells. Diagn. Cytopathol. 2014;42: 120–124. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Keywords:Bricker ileal conduit  urine  vegetable cells  contaminants  guar gum
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