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Gross hematuria associated with oral isotretinoin treatment in a young patient with acne vulgaris


1  Sakarya Sadıka Sabancı Hospital, Department of Urology, Sakarya, Turkey 
2 Sakarya University, School of Medicine, Department of Urology, Sakarya, Turkey 
3 Sakarya University, School of Medicine, Department of Nephrology, Sakarya, Turkey


DOI : 10.33719/yud.2023;18-2-1210144
New J Urol. 2023;18(2):183-185
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Abstract

Emphysematous cystitis (EC) is a rare form of comlicated urinary tract infection (UTI). Its characteristic feature is the present of gas in the bladder wall and lumen. Immunocompro-mised patients and diabetes mellitus (DM) are the primary risk factors for the EC and clinical symptoms of EC is range from asymptomatic to severe sepsis. EC is commonly detected in ol-derly diabetic women and seen in women two times more than in men. Here, we present a pa-tient was diabetic 73-year-old man attemped us with pain and gross hematuria for a few days.

Key Words: Emphysematous cystitis, ab-dominal pain, hematuria

Abstract

Emphysematous cystitis (EC) is a rare form of comlicated urinary tract infection (UTI). Its characteristic feature is the present of gas in the bladder wall and lumen. Immunocompro-mised patients and diabetes mellitus (DM) are the primary risk factors for the EC and clinical symptoms of EC is range from asymptomatic to severe sepsis. EC is commonly detected in ol-derly diabetic women and seen in women two times more than in men. Here, we present a pa-tient was diabetic 73-year-old man attemped us with pain and gross hematuria for a few days.

Key Words: Emphysematous cystitis, ab-dominal pain, hematuria

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