ABSTRACT
A bladder infection of Aspergillus with no evidence of dissemination is rare. We present a case of Aspergillus infection with transitional cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder without any evidence of systemic involvement. A 65-year-old male diabetic whose main complaints were intermittent painful haematuria and nocturia had undergone nephroureterectomy a year and a half back for transitional cell carcinoma of right renal pelvis. Cystoscopy revealed bladder mucosa having fixed broad tumour with encrustation and bleeding on touch at the right vesico-ureteric junction. The histopathologic diagnosis was a high-grade transitional carcinoma with Aspergillus infection. Fungal culture of urine obtained after bladder wash yielded Aspergillus fumigatus.
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Aged , Aspergillosis/diagnosis , Aspergillosis/microbiology , Aspergillosis/pathology , Aspergillus fumigatus/isolation & purification , Carcinoma, Transitional Cell/complications , Cystitis/diagnosis , Cystitis/microbiology , Cystitis/pathology , Cystoscopy , Histocytochemistry , Humans , Male , Urinary Bladder/microbiology , Urinary Bladder/pathology , Urinary Bladder Neoplasms/complicationsABSTRACT
Renal hemosiderosis is a rare cause of renal failure and, as a result, may not be diagnosed unless a detailed history, careful interpretation of blood parameters and renal biopsy with special staining is done. Here, we present a rare case of renal hemosiderosis presenting with renal failure.