The Role of Glomerulations in Bladder Pain Syndrome: A Review

The Journal of Urology
Gjertrud E WennevikJørgen Nordling

Abstract

As a diagnostic marker for bladder pain syndrome/interstitial cystitis, glomerulations were first popularized by Messing and Stamey in 1978. Later this was included in the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases criteria for research and consequently used by many urologists as a default diagnostic criterion. Today the connection between glomerulations and bladder pain syndrome/interstitial cystitis is much debated as research has found glomerulations in asymptomatic populations. In this review we systematically examine the available research to see if there are valid data to support the use of glomerulations as a marker for bladder pain syndrome/interstitial cystitis. A systematic literature search of the PubMed® database in March 2014 using the search term "Cystitis, Interstitial/diagnosis" [MAJR] OR (glomerulations OR glomerulation OR bladder petechiae) was performed, yielding 463 hits. An Embase® search using the search term "glomerulations" yielded 110 references, of which 68 were duplicates. Relevant articles were reviewed and included in the study. Bibliographies of reviews, articles and status reports were examined to find studies not included in the search. A total of 29 publications were includ...Continue Reading

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