好酸球性膀胱炎の1例

A CASE OF EOSINOPHILIC CYSTITIS

緒言

　好酸球性膀胱炎はアレルギー性膀胱炎の一種で稀な疾患であるが，最近喘息治療剤の副作用による本症が報告され注目されている^1,2）。われわれも薬剤との関連が疑われる本症の1例を経験したので報告する。

A 48-year-old housewife was first seen complaining of painful urination and urinary frequency of one month's duration. She had been treated for asthma and tranilast had been given for 3 months. Urinalysis showed aseptic hematopyuria without malignant cells. Urine culture grew no tubercle bacilli. Cystoscopy revealed an area of reddness, edema and erosion with white fur at the dome and posterior wall. Bladder capacity was 200 ml. IVP was normal. An eosinophilia of 13% was noted. In the urine sediment 49% of leucocytes were eosinophilic.