A 39 year old Caucasian male presented with a 10 day history of visible painless haematuria. He had one previous episode of haematuria ten months prior to this following ozone therapy for Lyme's disease. His past medical history included alopecia and chronic fatigue syndrome. He took no regular medications. There were no risk factors for transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) of the bladder. An ultr...

Since its recognition as an effective tool to identify Schistosoma haematobium infection, haematuria detection has been used in several large scale control programs. However, large variations in performance between age groups, gender, prevalence and areas were observed. Correlation between the degree of haematuria and the intensity of infection and between intensity of infection with age and/or...

393 primary school children were screened for Schistosoma haematobium using four indirect techniques (a) history of haematuria, (b) visual appearance of urine and use of chemical reagent strips to detect presence of (c) blood and (d) protein in urine. Results showed that the use of chemical reagent strips for the detection of blood was the most specific and sensitive method, even in areas of lo...

Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) is an autosomal dominant disease with a wide spectrum of pathological lesions [1,2]. Almost half of the patients with TSC have an underlying renal pathology, mainly angiomyolipomas, cysts and/or renal cell carcinoma [3,4]. TSC rarely involves medium size and large vessels, including the renal arteries. Arterial aneurysms have been reported for intracranial arter...

A 50-year-old tetraplegic gentleman was referred with visible haematuria and recurrent urinary tract infections (UTI) presenting as behavioural difficulty. His past medical history includes diffuse brain injury following a motorbike accident, hypertension, BMI 41, performance status 4, needing hoist for transfer. CT showed bilateral staghorn complete calculi measuring the maximum length of 3 cm...

The pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2). clinical manifestation COVID-19 is broad, ranging from an asymptomatic carrier state to leading death penalty. There also emerging evidence that kidneys are affected early in COVID-19. Proteinuria and haematuria have been reported 44% 26.7% on admission, respectively. ...

Abstract Aim Risk-stratification for patients referred with haematuria is important in diagnosing cancer early and health resource efficiency. A recent prediction model developed from the IDENTIFY study created a risk calculator that aimed to help clinicians their decision-making investigation of haematuria. We externally validate this separate cohort development population. Method Data were co...

OBJECTIVES To determine the most effective diagnostic strategy for the investigation of microscopic and macroscopic haematuria in adults. DATA SOURCES Electronic databases from inception to October 2003, updated in August 2004. REVIEW METHODS A systematic review was undertaken according to published guidelines. Decision analytic modelling was undertaken, based on the findings of the review,...