INTRODUCTION Eosinophilic cystitis is a rare inflammatory condition of the bladder that can cause haematuria. The aetiology is unknown and clinical presentation is difficult to distinguish from other causes of haematuria. Diagnosis is confirmed by biopsy. In this case, a patient with haematuria is diagnosed with eosinohpilic cystitis after presenting to hospital. He was commenced on antibiotics...

Purpose. Bladder cancer is a frequent cause of haematuria in elderly patients, and bladder ultrasound (US) is a valuable tool in diagnosing these malignancies. We examined the accuracy of 3D bladder US in diagnosing bladder tumors in patients with haematuria. Patients and Methods. Twenty-one patients observed in the emergency department for haematuria underwent a kidney and bladder US. Patients...

During a health centre screening programme for men aged 60 years and over, the urinary dipstick results of 58 patients found to have microscopic haematuria were compared with the results of immediate microscopy at the health centre and routine microscopy by a hospital laboratory. There was agreement between a positive dipstick test for haematuria and the presence of red cells at routine microsc...

Adenovirus is a common respiratory virus in children and is known to cause acute haemorrhagic cystitis, particularly in the immunosuppressed. In immunocompetent children with adenoviral infection the incidence of haematuria was 18.6%, with 2.4% of these children having macroscopic haematuria and upper tract involvement.

In a pesticide manufacturing and formulating facility, 10 employees out of 48 were shown to have haematuria on dipstick testing. They included seven of the 27 production workers, all of whom had worked in both of two particular areas prior to the commencement of the routine urine testing. Five of the seven production workers with haematuria underwent further investigations, and in all five the ...

Abstract Background Primary urethral cancer in males is rare. Clear cell adenocarcinoma more We report a case an African male suspected to have stricture. Case presentation A 66-year-old man presented with preceding intermittent haematuria and acute urinary retention. Failed attempts at catheterisation necessitating suprapubic catheter insertion raised the suspicion of Multiple irregular fillin...