Cytomegalovirus ureteritis: an unreported cause of hematuria in an immunocompetent individual
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Tanmaya, Goel; Sreedhar, Reddy; Joseph, Thomas; Ranjani, Kudva; Shveta, Garg
- Source
- Journal of microbiology, immunology, and infection = Wei mian yu gan ran za zhi. 40(5)
- Subject
- Radiography
Mucous Membrane
Cytomegalovirus Infections
Urinary Tract Infections
Cytomegalovirus
Humans
Female
Cystoscopy
Middle Aged
Hematuria
- Language
- ISSN
- 1684-1182
A middle-aged woman presented with painless hematuria and passage of large clots. Two weeks earlier, she had pyrexia with upper respiratory tract symptoms. Imaging studies revealed no lesions of the urinary tract. Cystoscopy showed clots and oozing of blood from the left ureteric orifice. Urine cytology and mucosal biopsies were normal. Left nephroureterectomy was done as an emergency procedure; the hematuria stopped following the procedure. Histopathology revealed cytomegalovirus inclusion bodies in the mucosa of the excised ureter. This unusual presentation of hematuria has not been reported previously.