Angiography in urinary bladder tuberculosis

Angiography was performed in 6 cases of bacteriologically and microscopically verified tuberculosis of the urinary bladder. As a rule, general or locally accentuated hypervascularization in the bladder wall could be demonstrated in the arterial phase but no venous abnormalities were observed. The circulation time was usually not changed. Thus the angiographic appearances were non-specific. Angiographically it is impossible to differentiate between tuberculous cystitis, cystitis of other genesis or even tumour of the bladder.