Managing intractable haematuria is a daunting task. One cause of this condition is radiationinduced haemorrhagic cystitis. Several treatments for the condition have been proposed and one non-invasive option is alum irrigation. Here, we report on a 65-year-old woman with intractable haematuria secondary to radiation cystitis who was successfully treated with alum irrigation. Alum irrigation is s...

In a haematuria diagnostic service, covering experience with 95 patients, 12 new cases of cancer of the bladder, one of cancer of the kidney, and one of cancer of the penis were identified--all at an early stage. Patients presenting with haematuria were investigated rapidly without disruption of the routine work of the urological unit. Patients who identified the symptoms and sought advice earl...

Case report A 15-year-old boy (P.S. 110521) with a ventricular septal defect was admitted as an emergency 6 days after falling and bruising his knee. After this he had gradually developed an increasing pyrexia, tachycadia and loose stools. He denied dental treatment within the last 6 months. A ventricular septal defect had been diagnosed clinically at the age of 1 year and was shown by catheter...

Discussion This case history is of interest because of the diagnostic problems presented by the onset of haematuria during the course of severe staphy-lococcal septicaemia treated with massive doses of penicillin, since it may be a complication both of the disease and of the therapy. Haematuria may arise during the course of staphylococcal septicaemia but in this patient the onset was later tha...

AIM Haematuria is a common symptom in patients with advanced transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder. We report our experience of selective pelvic embolization using gelfoam as an embolic agent to treat intractable haematuria in these patients. METHODS Three male patients aged 66-79 (mean 73.6 years) with inoperable or recurrent transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder underwent selectiv...

This paper discusses the current status of imaging in the investigation of patients with haematuria. The physician must rationalize imaging so that serious causes such as malignancy are promptly diagnosed while at the same time not exposing patients to unnecessary investigations. There is currently no universal agreement about the optimal imaging work up of haematuria. The choice of modality to...