Volume 1, Issue 3-4, December 2019, Pages 73 - 74
Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections: A Red Herring for Primary Appendiceal Carcinoma
Authors
Sanad Saad1, Muhammad Umar Younis2, *
1Department of General Surgery, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, UK
2Hospitalist General Surgery, Mediclinic City Hospital Dubai, UAE
*Corresponding author. Email: umar000@hotmail.com
Corresponding Author
Muhammad Umar Younis
Received 24 August 2019, Accepted 6 December 2019, Available Online 24 December 2019.
- DOI
- 10.2991/dsahmj.k.191214.002How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Recurrent UTI; appendicular carcinoma; oncology; bladder mass
- Abstract
Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs) are a common issue in females owing mostly to the anatomy of their urinary tract. It can also hint at a pathology pertaining to the pelvic organs like tumors or infections that infiltrate the urinary bladder. We report the case of a 45-year-old woman who initially presented to her GP with recurrent UTI’s worsening after the insertion of a Mirena coil for contraception. Primary appendiceal carcinomas invading the urinary bladder are very infrequent presentations in general practice. A low threshold for diagnosis should be kept in individuals with chronic symptoms pertaining to the urinary tract and adequate treatment started early to prevent spread.
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- © 2019 Dr. Sulaiman Al Habib Medical Group. Publishing services by Atlantis Press International B.V.
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- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC 4.0 license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
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TY - JOUR AU - Sanad Saad AU - Muhammad Umar Younis PY - 2019 DA - 2019/12/24 TI - Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections: A Red Herring for Primary Appendiceal Carcinoma JO - Dr. Sulaiman Al Habib Medical Journal SP - 73 EP - 74 VL - 1 IS - 3-4 SN - 2590-3349 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/dsahmj.k.191214.002 DO - 10.2991/dsahmj.k.191214.002 ID - Saad2019 ER -