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Hematuria-loin pain syndrome: its existence as a discrete clinicopathological entity cannot be supported
1Pain Investigation Unit, Toronto Hospital, Ontario, Canada.
Objective:
To (a) review existing literature and current concepts on Hematuria-Loin Pain Syndrome (HLPS) and (b) to describe seven cases of this syndrome.
Patients And Setting:
Seven HLPS patients seen over a period of 8 years by the pain and nephrology services of the Toronto Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Methods And Results:
Retrospective analysis was performed. All patients were remarkable for the variability of clinical presentation, pain characteristics, and dissociation of pain and hematuria occurrence. Routine renal investigations revealed different benign kidney pathologies in 5 of 7 patients. All patients, however, displayed variable combinations of personality factors, drug seeking behaviour, psychopathology, and presence of significant psychosocial stressors. Four cases were managed conservatively with antidepressants, anxiolytics, and supportive counseling and did very well despite persistent hematuria in two.
Conclusions:
HLPS does not constitute a distinct clinicopathological entity. In a minority of cases only underlying kidney pathology is related to pain, and in many cases psychosocial stressors and underlying psychopathology may play a significant role in the reported disabling pain. A concerted medical/psychological approach is advocated.
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