Spontaneous recurrent hematuria and hematospermia: Unique manifestations of von Willebrand disease type I. Case report


Submitted: March 8, 2015
Accepted: May 21, 2015
Published: March 31, 2016
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  • Daniele Minardi Department of Clinic and Specialistic Sciences, Institue of Urology, Polytechnic University of the Marche Region, A.O. Ospedali Riuniti, Ancona, Italy.
  • Anna Rita Scortechini Department of Clinic and Molecular Sciences, Institue of Hematology, Polytechnic University of the Marche Region, A.O. Ospedali Riuniti, Ancona, Italy.
  • Giulio Milanese Department of Clinic and Specialistic Sciences, Institue of Urology, Polytechnic University of the Marche Region, A.O. Ospedali Riuniti, Ancona, Italy.
  • Pietro Leoni Department of Clinic and Molecular Sciences, Institue of Hematology, Polytechnic University of the Marche Region, A.O. Ospedali Riuniti, Ancona, Italy.
  • Giovanni Muzzonigro Department of Clinic and Specialistic Sciences, Institue of Urology, Polytechnic University of the Marche Region, A.O. Ospedali Riuniti, Ancona, Italy.
In this report we describe the case of a patient with unrecognized von Willebrand disease (vWD), in whom the only presenting symptoms were spontaneous and recurrent hematuria with bladder tamponade, associated with recurrent hematospermia. The diagnosis was made only after several admissions to the hospital. We suggest to include coagulopathies such as vWD as part of the evaluation in patients with unexplained genito-urinary bleeding.

Minardi, D., Scortechini, A. R., Milanese, G., Leoni, P., & Muzzonigro, G. (2016). Spontaneous recurrent hematuria and hematospermia: Unique manifestations of von Willebrand disease type I. Case report. Archivio Italiano Di Urologia E Andrologia, 88(1), 62–63. https://doi.org/10.4081/aiua.2016.1.62

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