causes of hematuria

Etiology

• infection
  • cystitis
    • E coli
    • schistosomiasis
      • Schistosoma haematobium (sub Saharan Africa)
  • pyelonephritis
  • urethritis
  • prostatitis
  • poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis (resolving)
• benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH)
• nephrolithiasis
• urogenital neoplasms
  • bladder neoplasm
  • renal neoplasm
  • prostate cancer
  • ureteral neoplasm
• renal disease
  • glomerulonephritis
    • IgA nephropathy
    • membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis
    • other glomerulonephritis
  • benign familial hematuria
  • hypertensive nephrosclerosis
  • thin basement membrane disease
  • runner's hematuria
  • drug-induced hematuria
  • papillary necrosis
  • renal cysts & polycystic kidney disease
  • renal infarct
  • medullary sponge disease
  • obstructive or reflux nephropathy (hydronephrosis)
  • tuberculosis
  • renal vein thrombosis
  • nephrosclerosis
• bladder
  • bladder diverticulum
  • bladder calculi
• hematologic
  • coagulopathy
  • sickle cell disease
  • hemophilia
  • thrombocytopenia
• trauma
  • indwelling catheter
  • meatal ulceration
• endometriosis
• hereditary & familial disorders
  • Alport's syndrome
  • Fabry's disease
• pharmacologic agents
• miscellaneous causes
  • irradiation
  • chemical injury
  • foreign body
  • varices
  • prostate stones
  • strictures
  • ureterocele
  • ureterutus cystica
  • polyps
• false-positives may be due to:
  • beets
  • blackberries
  • vaginal bleeding
  • myoglobin
• idiopathic: often no etiology is found

More specific terms

• pharmaceutical agents associated with hematuria

Additional terms

• hematuria