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Bladder carcinoma presenting as exercise-induced hematuria
1Department of Surgery, Walson Army Community Hospital, Fort Dix, NJ 08640.
Postgraduate Medicine
|December 1, 1988
Summary
Exercise-induced hematuria can mask serious conditions like bladder cancer. Prompt urologic evaluation is crucial for physically active individuals experiencing postexercise hematuria to rule out underlying genitourinary diseases.
Area of Science:
- Urology
- Oncology
Background:
- Exercise-induced hematuria is increasingly diagnosed in athletes.
- However, other genitourinary conditions can also cause hematuria in active individuals.
Observation:
- This study presents four cases of transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder in patients experiencing postexercise hematuria.
- These cases highlight the potential for exercise-induced hematuria to obscure a diagnosis of bladder cancer.
Findings:
- Transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder can present as postexercise hematuria.
- Physically active patients with hematuria post-exercise may have underlying bladder pathology.
Implications:
- All patients presenting with postexercise hematuria require thorough urologic evaluation.
- Diagnostic procedures such as excretory urography and cystoscopy are recommended to identify serious genitourinary tract diseases.