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Query: UMLS:C0002874 (aplastic anemia)
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Hemorrhagic cystitis (HC) is a major cause of morbidity after BMT; we have analyzed its incidence, risk factors, and complications in 977 patients undergoing BMT between 1974 and 1988. Despite vigorous hydration and frequent voiding in all patients receiving cyclophosphamide, 135/977 (15% by Kaplan-Meier projection) developed HC (micro- or gross hematuria, dysuria, bladder pain) between -11 and +100 days (median +22) after BMT. Of these, 60 had severe HC, including major urinary obstruction (4/60), renal failure (13/60), or need for surgical or chemical bladder cauterization (16/60). By univariate analysis, allogeneic BMT recipients had more frequent HC than autologous patients (17% vs. 9%, P = 0.002). In addition, allogeneic patients with adenoviruria were at increased risk for the development of HC. Patients with aplastic anemia conditioned with high dose cyclophosphamide and total lymphoid irradiation had the highest rate of HC (22%) versus those with hematologic malignancies (15%, P = 0.03). A Cox proportional hazards regression model was used to further identify those factors independently associated with HC. In all regression models, the factor most highly associated with the development of HC was the finding of adenovirus in the urine preceding the onset of hematuria. HC-related morbidity, and its associated increased hospitalization costs, frequently complicates BMT. Improved prophylactic measures, perhaps including the use of 2-mercaptoethane sulfonate, are needed, at least for allogeneic BMT patients with their attendant risk of adenovirus infection.
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PMID:Hemorrhagic cystitis after bone marrow transplantation. Risk factors and complications. 821 10

Hemorrhagic cystitis is a rare complication following radiotherapy for intrapelvic cancer types, including cervical cancer, bladder cancer and prostate cancer. The severity of hemorrhagic cystitis is different in each case, although symptoms improve spontaneously in certain cases, and often significant morbidity requiring numerous interventions occurs. Since no treatment strategy exists with high evidences for such severe hemorrhagic cystitis, urologists have difficulty in solving the bleeding and pain, which the patients suffer. Aplastic anemia is a rare blood disorder, with an incidence reported as 2/1 million individuals annually. Patients have a risk of diffuse bleeding for presentation with anemia, thrombocytopenia and neutropenia. The present report presented a case of severe hemorrhagic cystitis remitted successfully by the treatment for underlying aplastic anemia.
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PMID:Aplastic anemia associated with severe hemorrhagic cystitis following radiotherapy for prostate cancer. 2712 81