Eosinophilic cystitis: treatment with intravesical steroids and oral antihistamines

BMJ Case Rep. 2013 Sep 6:2013:bcr2013009327. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2013-009327.

Abstract

This is a case of eosinophilic cystitis in a 56-year-old indigenous Australian woman who presented with urosepsis on the background of a urinary tract infection unresponsive to oral antibiotics. After resolution of the urosepsis, she had persisting urinary retention and a cystoscopy/bladder biopsy suggested eosinophilic cystitis. After 1 month of intravesical hydrocortisone and oral loratadine, repeat cystoscopy showed vast improvement in the bladder lesions. This case further strengthens the use of intravesical steroids and oral antihistamines for the management of eosinophilic cystitis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Administration, Intravesical
  • Administration, Oral
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Cystitis / complications
  • Cystitis / drug therapy*
  • Eosinophilia / complications
  • Eosinophilia / drug therapy*
  • Female
  • Histamine H1 Antagonists, Non-Sedating / therapeutic use*
  • Humans
  • Hydrocortisone / therapeutic use*
  • Loratadine / therapeutic use*
  • Middle Aged
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents
  • Histamine H1 Antagonists, Non-Sedating
  • Loratadine
  • Hydrocortisone