Hematuria

Question 1

lower tract source of gross hematuria (in the absence of infection) is most commonly from what condition?

Answer 1

urothelial carcinoma of the bladder

Question 2

microscopic hematuria in males is most commonly from what?

Answer 2

benign prostatic hyperplasia

Question 3

the presence of blood at the beginning of the urinary stream that clears during the stream implies what source?

Answer 3

anterior (penile) urethral source

Question 4

terminal hematuria, the presence of blood at the end of the urinary stream implies what source?

Answer 4

a bladder neck or prostatic urethral source

Question 5

total hematuria, blood throughout the stream implies what source?

Answer 5

bladder or upper tract source

Question 6

what is indicative of ureteral stone?

Answer 6

hematuria with renal colic

Question 7

what type of imaging are we doing for hematuria?

Answer 7

CT scan, cytoscopy (indicated in patients over 35 years old, with gross asymptomatic hematuria