Massive hematuria due to portal hypertension in a child with bladder augmentation for vesical exstrophy

J Pediatr Urol. 2008 Jun;4(3):236-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jpurol.2007.09.002. Epub 2007 Nov 5.

Abstract

We report a case of a 17-year-old patient with severe hematuria from an ileocystoplasty-augmented bladder for vesical exstrophy, with associated cirrhosis secondary to autoimmune hepatitis, diagnosed years later. Varix development and further bleeding from ectopic varices, related to cirrhosis and portal hypertension, are a rare cause of hematuria in patients with surgically augmented bladder volume. This child was successfully treated with a transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt procedure as a bridge to hepatic transplantation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Bladder Exstrophy / surgery*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Hematuria / diagnosis
  • Hematuria / etiology*
  • Humans
  • Hypertension, Portal / complications*
  • Hypertension, Portal / diagnosis
  • Hypertension, Portal / surgery
  • Male
  • Phlebography
  • Portasystemic Shunt, Transjugular Intrahepatic / methods
  • Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color
  • Urinary Diversion / adverse effects*