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Would you pursue cystoscopy and CT urogram in a young patient with one episode of gross hematuria and no other risk factors for bladder or kidney cancer?

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Urology · University of California, Los Angeles

Gross hematuria is treated very differently from microscopic hematuria. The correct board answer would be to offer a workup including upper tract imaging and cystoscopy. We would treat them like a high-risk microscopic hematuria patient.

We have patients who develop bladder and kidney cancer who hav...

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