Open AccessCase: Eosinophilic cystitis presenting as a bladder mass in an 11-year-old girl
Author(s) -
E. Bey,
Y. Teklali,
PierreYves Rabattu,
Simon Lapierre,
C. Piolat
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
canadian urological association journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.477
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1920-1214
pISSN - 1911-6470
DOI - 10.5489/cuaj.4513
Subject(s) - medicine , cystectomy , eosinophilic , urinary bladder , submucosa , eosinophilia , urinary bladder disease , girl , pathology , surgery , bladder cancer , cancer , psychology , developmental psychology
We report the case of an 11-year-old girl who presented with acute urinary retention and microscopic hematuria. Pelvic imaging revealed a bladder mass for which sarcoma was initially suspected. Surgical biopsies revealed a massive eosinophilic infiltration of the submucosa confirming a diagnosis of eosinophilic cystitis. Clinical evolution was favourable without treatment. Eosinophilic cystitis prognosis is usually benign, but rare severe complications, such as complete bladder fibrosis requiring bladder augmentation or cystectomy, may occur.