Loin pain hematuria syndrome (LPHS), first described in 1967, is a rare pain syndrome, which is not well understood. The syndrome is characterized by severe intermittent or persistent flank pain, either unilateral or bilateral, associated with gross or microscopic hematuria. LPHS is a diagnosis of exclusion as there still is not a consensus of validated diagnostic criteria, though several crite...

conclusions although it is a rare entity, ec should be kept in mind in the differential diagnosis of patients presenting with dysuria, hematuria and any kind of acquired voiding dysfunction, including frequency, pollakiuria and incontinence. case presentation we present a 17-year-old male patient, who was continent night and day in his childhood, and was admitted to our clinic for complaints of...

There are few reports of "microfilaria in the urine." We report an elderly woman with gross hematuria who was being investigated for urinary tract tuberculosis. Three consecutive urine samples showed microfilaria of Wuchereria bancrofti. However, she did not have chyluria. Treatment with diethylcarbamazine cleared up the hematuria within 3 days. Chyluria, hematuria, and hematochyluria are probl...

BACKGROUND Hematuria is differentiated between glomerular and urinary tract origins on the basis of urinary red cell morphology. We used this distinction in a program of mass screening for urinary tract cancer to achieve cost-effective and safe hematuria screening. METHODS Of a total of 21372 adults (mean age 52.3 years; range 20-79 years) participating in a health screening, 912 (4.3%) had a...

Hematuria resulting from urethral traumatic catheter insertion and removal is often encountered. Usually, hematuria resolves with conservative measures. We report a case of traumatic Foley removal leading to intermittent life-threatening hematuria resulting in blood loss anemia requiring multiple transfusions and multiple episodes of hypotension requiring pressors. A pelvic angiogram revealed a...

Radiation cystitis is a complication of radiation treatment given for pelvic malignancies. can present as mild symptoms dysuria, frequency, and hematuria to severe life-threatening complications like intractable hematuria, bladder perforation contracted non-functional urinary bladder, fistula etc. Treatment tailored according the severity available modalities sequentially. Initial intravenous f...

Background: Hematuria is a common laboratory finding in clinical practice, occurring mostly the kidneys. However, it can occur rest of urinary system, including ureters, bladder, and urethra, as well prostate men. This paper will discuss cases hematuria observed various diseases, especially kidney disease.Current Concepts: diagnosed when three or more red blood cells are found high-power field ...

A patient with sickle cell trait who presented with gross hematuria and was subsequently found to have renal papillary necrosis is presented. The hematuria resolved with conservative therapy consisting of bed rest and hydration with hypotonic intravenous fluids. The pathophysiology of renal abnormalities associated with sickle cell trait is described. The management of the primary clinical mani...

Gross hematuria secondary to vesical varices is an unusual presentation. We report such a case recurrent gross hematuria in a male patient who had a history of bladder substitution with ileal segments that had been treated by balloon-occluded percutaneous transhepatic obliteration of vesical varices.