bladder/headache

OBJECTIVE Report of a new case of a rare bladder tumour: bladder phaeochromocytoma. METHODS A 45-year-old patient presented with paroxysmal symptoms consisting of headaches, palpitations, tinnitus and excessive sweating after each micturition. Complementary investigations: ultrasonography,

A 14-year-old boy presenting headache crisis, sweating and palpitation was observed. On ultrasound scan, a 3 × 2.5 cm hypoechoic mass, highly vascularized, was observed arising from the left bladder wall. Magnetic resonance imaging confirmed the mass situated close to the ureteral orifice, with

A thunderclap headache is a sudden and severe headache and is sometimes a sign of a medical emergency such as aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage and pituitary apoplexy. We report a case of pheochromocytoma in the urinary bladder in a 37-year-old man who presented with recurrent thunderclap headache

A patient with a 20-year history of severe frontal headaches when passing urine was found to be severely hypertensive. Investigations confirmed a clinical diagnosis of phaeochromocytoma of the bladder. Treatment by a partial cystectomy and transuretero-ureterostomy resulted in a complete removal of

Phaeochromocytomas of the bladder are rare, only about 100 cases having been reported previously. Four adults with these lesions have been managed at Hammersmith Hospital in the past 10 years. Three patients had hypertension, together with syncopal attacks and/or headaches, induced by micturition.

OBJECTIVE To detect non-bladder conditions in patients with interstitial cystitis/hypersensitive bladder syndrome. METHODS A total of 122 female interstitial cystitis/hypersensitive bladder syndrome patients and a control group of 122 age-matched female patients with stress urinary incontinence

Pheochromocytoma is a rare catecholamine-secreting tumor. Unless recognized and treated appropriately it can be lethal. Common symptoms include sustained or paroxysmal hypertension associated with headaches, sweating, or palpitations. This article describes a patient with an extra-adrenal

Bladder pheochromocytoma is a rare tumor. The typical manifestations are hematuria, hypertension, headache, sweating, and tachycardia provoked by micturition or overdistention of the bladder. We herein report a case of bladder pheochromocytoma in a 52-year-old woman who presented without micturition

A classic case of pheochromocytoma of the urinary bladder is presented. The history of headaches and palpitations during micturition is the result of sudden release of catecholamines into the general circulation. The diagnosis using selective arteriography as well as the medical and surgical

Pheochromocytoma of urinary bladder is rare disease causing a hypertension, palpitation, throbbing headache & hemorrhage induced by voiding. This case is reported because of rarity of this disease in urinary bladder.

Overactive bladder (OAB) is a syndrome characterized by urinary urgency, with or without urgency urinary incontinence, usually with frequency and nocturia. OAB symptoms are often associated with detrusor overactivity (DO). Like OAB symptoms, the prevalence of DO increases with age and can have a

OBJECTIVE To review pharmacologic, pharmacokinetic, efficacy, and safety data for fesoterodine and determine its role in the treatment of overactive bladder. METHODS A MEDLINE search (1966-July 2009) was conducted using the key words fesoterodine, tolterodine, muscarinic receptor antagonist,

A 39-year-old male patient with attacks of headache and tachycardia immediately after micturition is described. Systolic blood pressure of 250 mmHg was measured after voiding. Plasma noradrenaline was increased 10 to 20 times above the normal value during the attacks. Cystoscopy, arteriography,

The sites of metastases of transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder are nodes, liver, lung and bone, but the meningeal infiltration is rare. Therefore, one case of meningeal carcinomatosis is reported. After cystectomy for an undifferentiated carcinoma of the bladder, the patient received adjuvant