Microscopic haematuria - whom to investigate

Painless Microscopic Haematuria

Painless Microscopic Haematuria

Patient with haemoptysis, shortness of breath and microscopic haematuria.

Forty three years old male from Dhule district of Maharashtra presented to his family doctor in December 2004 with malaise, anorexia, haemoptysis. After baseline x-ray (Figure 1) and blood tests he was started on anti tuberculosis treatment (ATT). Patient kept getting recurrent haemoptysis for which repeated x-ray chest were performed (Figure 2). In January 2006 he got admitted to our hosp i ta...

Asymptomatic isolated microscopic haematuria: long-term follow-up.

BACKGROUND Evidence to support current diagnostic and management approaches to asymptomatic haematuria is lacking and based on short-term clinical observation. AIM To ascertain the natural history and long-term outcome of asymptomatic and isolated haematuria, and to determine the clinical correlates of adverse renal events. DESIGN Prospective observational referral-based study. METHODS We...

Relation of microscopic haematuria in ankylosing spondylitis to circulating IgA containing immune complexes.

Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is associated with IgA nephropathy. To study the pathogenetic mechanism of this association the presence of haematuria and circulating IgA containing immune complexes (IgA ICs) in 70 patients with AS was determined. In this retrospective study haematuria was present in 15 patients and 25 patients had IgA ICs. Circulating IgA ICs were shown in 9/15 (60%) of the patien...