| Abstrakt: |
In this paper I will present the subject of hematuria originating from conditions in the urethra, prostate and seminal vesicles.Anatomically, we may consider hematuria arising from this portion of the genito-urinary tract as of intra-urethral and para-urethral origin. Its etiologic factors may be thus discussed in their order of importance and frequency:First, are the infections of the urethra, prostate and seminal vesicles. These infections may be specific or nonspecific, gonococcal infection, however, being by far the most frequent.Trauma plays an important part as an etiologic factor of hematuria, as do accidental or wilful local injections into the urethra of such chemicals as formaldehyd strong silver nitrate, and the like.Hematuria has been caused by tuberculosis, syphilis, prostatitis, prostatic abscess and gout.Violent massage of the prostate has often brought on hematuria from the prostate and posterior urethra. Some cases of varicosities in the posterior urethra have been |
