Interstitial cystitis
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Interstitial cystitis is a benign painful pathology of the urinary bladder.
It is also known as painful bladder syndrome.[1][2]
Hunner ulcer redirects here.[3]
General
- Chronic cystitis, culture negative.
Epidemiology:[2]
- Women > men.
Symptoms:[2]
- Urgency.
- Frequency.
- Pain.
Treatment:
Gross
- +/-Ulceration.
Microscopic
Features:[4]
- +/-Ulceration (uncommon).
Note:
- Diagnosis requires clinical correlation.
DDx:
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Urinary Bladder, Biopsy: - Inflamed subepithelial tissue; NEGATIVE for appreciable amount of urothelium. - NEGATIVE for evidence of malignancy. Comment: Deepers were cut (x4) and are non-contributory.
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Tanaka, T.; Nitta, Y.; Morimoto, K.; Nishikawa, N.; Nishihara, C.; Tamada, S.; Kawashima, H.; Nakatani, T. (2011). "Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for painful bladder syndrome/interstitial cystitis resistant to conventional treatments: long-term results of a case series in Japan.". BMC Urol 11: 11. doi:10.1186/1471-2490-11-11. PMID 21609485.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 French, LM.; Bhambore, N. (May 2011). "Interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome.". Am Fam Physician 83 (10): 1175-81. PMID 21568251.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Hillelsohn, JH.; Rais-Bahrami, S.; Friedlander, JI.; Okhunov, Z.; Kashan, M.; Rosen, L.; Moldwin, RM. (Dec 2012). "Fulguration for Hunner ulcers: long-term clinical outcomes.". J Urol 188 (6): 2238-41. doi:10.1016/j.juro.2012.08.013. PMID 23083651.
- ↑ Zhou, Ming; Magi-Galluzzi, Cristina (2006). Genitourinary Pathology: A Volume in Foundations in Diagnostic Pathology Series (1st ed.). Churchill Livingstone. pp. 124. ISBN 978-0443066771.