title: [Effective dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) occlusive dressing technique for amyloidosis of the urinary bladder].
abstract: A 48-year-old married woman complaining of macroscopic hematuria and cystitis symptom was admitted to our institute. Flexible cystoscopy revealed many yellowish, nodular masses at the paries posterior of the urinary bladder, and cold-punch biopsy proved it to be amyloidosis. Serum amyloid protein A (SAA) was high, and suggested systemic amyloidosis. Renal biopsy and colon fiberscopy did not reveal any abnormalities. We therefore diagnosed a primary localized amyloidosis of the urinary bladder. Transurethral resection and dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) infusion therapy are used to treat amyloidosis of the urinary bladder. However there is no definite cure for amyloidosis of the urinary bladder. Therefore we selected DMSO occlusive dressing technique therapy. After 5 years of therapy, there was no evidence of a recurrence of amyloidosis.
authors.affiliation: Mie University Graduate School of Medicine Institute of Medical Life Science Division of Reparative and Regenerative Medicine Nephrourologic Surgery and Andrology.
authors.forename: Yoshihiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hasegawa
authors.forename: Hideki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kanda
authors.forename: Manabu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Miki
authors.forename: Satoru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Masui
authors.forename: Yuko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yoshio
authors.forename: Yasushi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: Norihito
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Soga
authors.forename: Kiminobu
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Arima
authors.forename: Yoshiki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sugimura
mesh_terms: D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D004121:Dimethyl Sulfoxide / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009779:Occlusive Dressings; D001745:Urinary Bladder Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D004121:Dimethyl Sulfoxide