Open AccessLocalised primary amyloidosis of the urinary bladder: case series of two patients
Author(s) -
Veli Yalçın,
Sinharib Çitgez,
Israfil Agaoglu
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
bmj case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.231
H-Index - 26
ISSN - 1757-790X
DOI - 10.1136/bcr.12.2008.1367
Subject(s) - medicine , amyloidosis , urinary system , urinary bladder , lesion , rare disease , urology , pathology , disease
Isolated amyloidosis of the lower urinary tract is rare. This report presents localised primary amyloidosis of the urinary bladder as a rare cause of macroscopic haematuria. Treatment of bladder amyloidosis mainly consists of controlling the haematuria. For small localised lesions, the favoured approach is transurethral resection (TUR) of the lesion.