transitional cell carcinoma
MONDO:0006474Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names transitional cell carcinoma yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
A malignant neoplasm arising from the transitional epithelium, usually affecting the urinary bladder, ureter, or renal pelvis. It may or may not have a papillary configuration. It is graded 1 to 3 or 4 according to the degree of cellular differentiation and architectural patterns. Grade 1 transitional cell carcinoma is histologically benign but it may recur. Transitional cell carcinomas may also affect the upper respiratory tract and the ovaries.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0006474), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
- A kind of
- Narrower terms (9)
- Bartholin gland transitional cell carcinoma
- endometrial transitional cell carcinoma
- fallopian tube transitional cell carcinoma
- ovarian transitional cell carcinoma
- papillary transitional cell carcinoma
- primary prostate urothelial carcinoma
- sarcomatoid transitional cell carcinoma
- transitional cell carcinoma of the corpus uteri
- urothelial carcinoma
Other names
6 names
Resolves to: transitional cell carcinoma
- Also called
- carcinoma of transitional epithelial cellcarcinoma of urothelial cellcarcinoma, urothelial, malignanttransitional carcinomatransitional epithelial cell carcinomaurothelial cell carcinoma