Eosinophilic cystitis in children

In a 4-year-old boy, cystitis in a pseudotumoral form with left ureterohydronephrosis wa discovered on the occasion of repeated urinary infections. Several biopsies were required to rule out a malignant tumor, and they showed that this condition was an eosinophilic cystitis. Healing was obtained wit...

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Published inJournal d'urologie Vol. 98; no. 1; p. 42
Main Authors Hoeffel, J C, De Miscault, G, Aymard, B, Schmitt, M, Arnaudin, A
Format Journal Article
LanguageFrench
Published France 1992
Subjects
Adrenal Cortex Hormones - therapeutic use
Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use
Child, Preschool
Cystitis - complications
Cystitis - diagnosis
Cystitis - drug therapy
Cystitis - microbiology
Drug Therapy, Combination
Eosinophils
Humans
Hydronephrosis - etiology
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Praziquantel - therapeutic use
Proteus Infections - drug therapy
Proteus Infections - microbiology
Staphylococcal Infections - drug therapy
Staphylococcal Infections - microbiology
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Ultrasonography
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Summary:In a 4-year-old boy, cystitis in a pseudotumoral form with left ureterohydronephrosis wa discovered on the occasion of repeated urinary infections. Several biopsies were required to rule out a malignant tumor, and they showed that this condition was an eosinophilic cystitis. Healing was obtained with an anti-bilharzial treatment, although this child did not suffer form bilharziasis. A few similar cases were found in the literature. We note that the diagnosis is usually not established before biopsy, but the association of repeated urinary infections and of a vesical pseudotumoral syndrome with ureteral obstruction must lead to suggesting it, especially if the first biopsy does not reveal any tumor.
ISSN:0248-0018