title: Interstitial cystitis: review of the literature.
abstract: Interstitial cystitis is a chronic bladder disease of unknown frequency and unclarified etiology. The condition is often missed and the patients incorrectly treated. The problematic patient is often a woman with a long-lasting urological history, sterile urine, urinary incontinence, dyspareunia or chronic pelvic pain. Here characteristics of 5 patients are described and the literature is reviewed to draw attention to this condition.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jensen
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nielsen
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Frimodt-Møller
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D003556:Cystitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged