TY - JOUR
T1 - Masquerading as a stone
T2 - an unusual cause of chronic ureteric obstruction
AU - Best, Oliver van den Broek
AU - Vo, Lequang
AU - Handmer, Marcus
AU - Maclean, Fiona
AU - Mancuso, Pascal
PY - 2021/12
Y1 - 2021/12
N2 - Amyloidosis is a group of disorders characterized by the extracellular deposition of amorphous, misfolded proteins. Primary localized bladder amyloidosis is a rare form of the disease that usually presents with macroscopic hematuria, irritative lower urinary tract symptoms, or a bladder mass on imaging. Presented herein is a case of a 76-year-old female who presented with sepsis, distal ureteric calculus, and chronic ureteric obstruction without the classical symptoms of bladder amyloidosis. Cystoscopic resection of thickened bladder wall was positive for amyloid deposition with no signs of malignancy.
AB - Amyloidosis is a group of disorders characterized by the extracellular deposition of amorphous, misfolded proteins. Primary localized bladder amyloidosis is a rare form of the disease that usually presents with macroscopic hematuria, irritative lower urinary tract symptoms, or a bladder mass on imaging. Presented herein is a case of a 76-year-old female who presented with sepsis, distal ureteric calculus, and chronic ureteric obstruction without the classical symptoms of bladder amyloidosis. Cystoscopic resection of thickened bladder wall was positive for amyloid deposition with no signs of malignancy.
KW - Urinary bladder neoplasms
KW - amyloid
KW - ureteral obstruction
U2 - 10.4274/jus.galenos.2021.2021.0040
DO - 10.4274/jus.galenos.2021.2021.0040
M3 - Article
SN - 2148-9580
VL - 8
SP - 303
EP - 305
JO - Journal of Urological Surgery
JF - Journal of Urological Surgery
IS - 4
ER -