Eosinophilic cystitis presenting as invasive bladder cancer: comments on pathogenesis and management.
Eosinophilic cystitis is a rare bladder lesion that usually presents with hematuria and has the cystoscopic appearance of a bladder tumor. Ten cases (only 4 adults) have been reported in which this disease has presented with a palpable mass. We report a case in which the lesion presented as an invasive bladder tumor with a palpable mass in an adult and comment on the possible etiology.
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Division of Urology, Ottawa Civic Hospital, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
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D003556:Cystitis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003558:Cystoscopy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000473:pathology; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*