Sport hematuria in boys: a provocative test.
Sports hematuria has been described in adult athletes. We report on two boys with gross hematuria after soccer matches. Urinalysis was negative for hematuria at the first visit. A simple test of effort provoked the phenomenon and allowed the detection of the post-renal origin of bleeding and the rapid resolution of hematuria. Such a test may be particularly helpful after the first episode, when it is problematic to postulate a cause-effect relationship between exercise and hematuria on the basis of the patients' history.
Polito
Cesare
C
Department of Pediatrics, Second University of Naples, Italy. cesare.polito@golfonet.it
Andreoli
Saverio
S
D002648:Child; D015444:Exercise / Q000502:physiology; D006417:Hematuria / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013177:Sports / Q000502:physiology*; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000502:physiology