causes of persistent non-visible (microscopic) haematuria
Last reviewed 09/2021
Causes of persistent non-visible haematuria
Urological causes
- common
- benign prostatic hyperplasia
- cancer (bladder, kidney, prostate, ureter)
- calculus disease or nephrolithiasis
- cystitis or pyelonephritis
- prostatitis or urethritis
- less common
- radiation cystitis
- urethral strictures
- tuberculosis
- medullary sponge kidney
- cyclophosphamide induced cystitis
- rare
- arteriovenous malformation
- renal artery thrombosis
- polycystic kidney disease
Nephrological causes
- common
- IgA nephropathy (Berger's disease)
- thin basement membrane disease
- less common
- acute glomerular disease:
- postinfectious glomerulonephritis
- rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis
- systemic lupus nephritis
- vasculitis
- goodpasture's disease
- chronic primary glomerulonephritis:
- focal segmental glomerulonephritis
- mesangio-capillary glomerulonephritis
- membranous nephropathy
- familial causes:
- polycystic kidney disease (autosomal dominant or recessive)
- hereditary nephritis (Alport's syndrome)
- fabry's disease
- nail-patella syndrome
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