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Hematuria: Excerpt from A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis

Pseudohematuria (Dyes and Pigments)


Beets
Food dyes
Phenytoin
Rifampin
Pyridium
Urates
Porphyrins
Myoglobin
Free hemoglobin (intravascular hemolysis)

Renal Parenchymal Causes


Primary glomerulopathy
   Postinfectious glomerulonephritis
   Thin basement membrane disease
   Immunoglobulin A (IgA) nephropathy (Berger's disease)
   Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis
   Focal glomerulosclerosis
   Crescentic glomerulonephritis
Multisystem and hereditary diseases
   Diabetes mellitus
   Lupus erythematosus
   Goodpasture's syndrome
   Polyarteritis nodosa, other vasculitides
   Endocarditis, shunt nephritis
   Hemolytic-uremic syndrome, thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura
   Henoch-Schönlein purpura
   Malignant hypertension
   Polycystic kidney disease
   Hereditary nephritis (Alport's syndrome)
   Fabry's disease
   Nail-patella syndrome
Other
   Exercise
   Pyelonephritis, acute
   Nephrolithiasis
   Renal cyst
   Renal trauma
   Renal neoplasm
   Coagulopathy, thrombocytopenia
   Interstitial nephritis, acute
   Analgesic nephropathy
   Sickle cell trait or disease
   Medullary sponge kidney
   Lymphomatous or leukemic infiltration
   Hydronephrosis
   Oxaluria
   Vascular anomalies, intrarenal arteriovenous fistula
   Acute febrile illnesses (e.g., malaria)
   Papillary necrosis
   Renal infarction (acute renal artery occlusion, renal vein thrombosis)
   Renal transplant rejection

Lower Urinary Tract Causes


Congenital anomalies (e.g., ureterocele)
Neoplasms (bladder, ureter, prostate, urethral), benign or malignant
Cystitis, prostatitis, urethritis
Calculi
Trauma
Foreign body
Coagulopathy
Varices (renal pelvis, ureter, bladder)
Radiation cystitis
Drugs (especially cyclophosphamide, anticoagulants)
Schistosomiasis
Genitourinary tuberculosis

Non–Urinary Tract Causes


Neoplasm of adjacent organs
Diverticulitis
Pelvic inflammatory disease
Appendicitis

Reference


1. Koenig KG, Bolton WK: Clinical Evaluation and Management of Hematuria and Proteinuria, p. 805. See Bibliography, 8.

Book Source Details

  • Book Title: A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis
  • Author(s): Stephen N. Adler, Dianne B. Gasbarra
  • Year of Publication: 1999
  • Copyright Details: A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis, Copyright © 1999 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

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More About This Book:
Title: A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis
Authors: Stephen N. Adler, Dianne B. Gasbarra
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Copyright: 1999
ISBN: 0-78171-943-7

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