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Hemorrhagic cystitis is diffuse inflammation of the bladder leading to hemorrhage. This is seen most often in cancer patients as a complication of therapy. more

Hemorrhagic cystitis is diffuse inflammation of the bladder leading to hemorrhage. This is seen most often in cancer patients as a complication of therapy.

Causes of hemorrhagic cystitis include chemotherapy (e.g. cyclophosphamide), radiation, or viral infection (e.g. with the BK virus in bone marrow transplant patients. In the case of hemorrhagic cystitis from cyclophosphamide, this can be prevented through aggressive hydration and the use of mesna, which neutralizes the toxicity of acrolein, a metabolite of cyclophosphamide. less

diagnostic test search results for 'hemorrhagic cystitis'

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	Cystoscopy	hemorrhagic cystitis and Cystoscopy
	Urine culture	hemorrhagic cystitis and Urine culture
	Activated partial thromboplastin time	hemorrhagic cystitis and Activated partial thromboplastin time
	Blood, Platelet Count	Platelet Count hemorrhagic cystitis and Blood, Platelet Count
	Complete Blood Count	hemorrhagic cystitis and Complete Blood Count
	Prothrombin Time (PT)	hemorrhagic cystitis and Prothrombin Time (PT)
	Retrograde pyelography	hemorrhagic cystitis and Retrograde pyelography
	Ultrasonography kidneys ureter bladder	hemorrhagic cystitis and Ultrasonography kidneys ureter bladder
	Urinalysis	Examination of urine to detect disease hemorrhagic cystitis and Urinalysis
	bladder biopsy	hemorrhagic cystitis and bladder biopsy
	Cystogram	hemorrhagic cystitis and Cystogram
	ELISA (Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay)	hemorrhagic cystitis and ELISA (Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay)
	Electron Microscopy	hemorrhagic cystitis and Electron Microscopy
	Viral Culture	hemorrhagic cystitis and Viral Culture
	Bladder Ultrasound	hemorrhagic cystitis and Bladder Ultrasound
	Clean catch urine	hemorrhagic cystitis and Clean catch urine
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therapeutic procedure search results for 'hemorrhagic cystitis'
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	Platelet transfusion	hemorrhagic cystitis and Platelet transfusion
	Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO)	hemorrhagic cystitis and Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO)
	Formalin intravesical	hemorrhagic cystitis and Formalin intravesical
	clot evacuation	hemorrhagic cystitis and clot evacuation
	intravesical sclerotherapy	hemorrhagic cystitis and intravesical sclerotherapy
	Bladder Irrigation	hemorrhagic cystitis and Bladder Irrigation
	Laser therapy (Nd:YAG laser)	hemorrhagic cystitis and Laser therapy (Nd:YAG laser)
	Sclerotherapy	hemorrhagic cystitis and Sclerotherapy
	Transfusion of Coagulation Factors	hemorrhagic cystitis and Transfusion of Coagulation Factors
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medications search results for 'hemorrhagic cystitis'
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	Mesna	hemorrhagic cystitis and Mesna
	Formaldehyde	hemorrhagic cystitis and Formaldehyde
	Carboprost	hemorrhagic cystitis and Carboprost
	1% silver nitrate or alum	hemorrhagic cystitis and 1% silver nitrate or alum