title: Eosinophilic cystitis: a therapeutic challenge.
abstract: Eosinophilic cystitis is a rare disease with only 42 cases reported since first described in 1960. We report a case in a twenty-four-year-old woman and present the different therapeutic alternatives. A review of all reported cases shows that except for children and male adults with benign prostatic hypertrophy, this is a chronic inflammatory process of unknown causation for which no specific therapy is available.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, State University of New York, Buffalo.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Castillo
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cartagena
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Montes
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003556:Cystitis / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans