<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Xanthogranulomatous inflammation of the urethra and the urinary bladder is a very rare pathological condition characterized by a chronic inflammatory infiltration composed mainly of foamy macrophages, with the presence of multinucleated giant cells. In a clinical examination, it can mimic urinary bladder carcinoma. This report presents the extremely rare case of a co-existing xanthogranulomatous urethritis and cystitis in a 64-year-old woman with recurrent dysuria, and with the suspicion of malignancy - as indicated on the basis of a cystoscopic examination. The standard treatment of this disorder is surgical resection, but in the presented case, only a diagnostic biopsy was performed. Because of the persistence of clinical symptoms, a cystoscopic examination and biopsy was repeated three times in a two year period. There was no malignancy seen in the repeated biopsies.</p></abstract>

Xanthogranulomatous inflammation of the urethra and the urinary bladder is a very rare pathological condition characterized by a chronic inflammatory infiltration composed mainly of foamy macrophages, with the presence of multinucleated giant cells. In a clinical examination, it can mimic urinary bladder carcinoma. This report presents the extremely rare case of a co-existing xanthogranulomatous urethritis and cystitis in a 64-year-old woman with recurrent dysuria, and with the suspicion of malignancy - as indicated on the basis of a cystoscopic examination. The standard treatment of this disorder is surgical resection, but in the presented case, only a diagnostic biopsy was performed. Because of the persistence of clinical symptoms, a cystoscopic examination and biopsy was repeated three times in a two year period. There was no malignancy seen in the repeated biopsies.

Xanthogranulomatous urethritis and cystitis: a rare clinical and pathological entity

Department of Clinical Pathology, Medical University of Lublin, Jaczewski 8, 20-090 Lublin, Poland

Department of Urology, 1st Military Hospital, Racławickie 23, 20-904 Lublin, Poland

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Xanthogranulomatous inflammation of the urethra and the urinary bladder is a very rare pathological condition characterized by a chronic inflammatory...

Xanthogranulomatous urethritis and cystitis: a rare clinical and pathological entity

Published Online: Nov 26, 2015

Page range: 149 - 150

Received: Jul 06, 2015

Accepted: Jul 22, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/cipms-2015-0061

Keywords
xanthogranulomatous cystitis, xanthogranulomatous urethritis

© 2015

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Xanthogranulomatous urethritis and cystitis: a rare clinical and pathological entity

Published Online: Nov 26, 2015

Page range: 149 - 150

Received: Jul 06, 2015

Accepted: Jul 22, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/cipms-2015-0061

Keywordsxanthogranulomatous cystitis, xanthogranulomatous urethritis

© 2015

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
xanthogranulomatous cystitis, xanthogranulomatous urethritis