Intravesical dimethyl sulfoxide instillations in the treatment of secondary amyloidosis of the bladder

J Urol. 1990 Apr;143(4):808-10. doi: 10.1016/s0022-5347(17)40103-0.

Abstract

A-22-year-old woman with long-standing rheumatoid arthritis and secondary amyloidosis of the bladder had recurrent profuse macroscopic hematuria. She was treated with intravesical dimethyl sulfoxide instillation every 2 weeks for 1 year. She remained asymptomatic during the treatment and at 6 months. Progressive disappearance of amyloid from the superficial mucosa of the bladder was demonstrated in sequential histological examinations.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Administration, Intravesical
  • Adult
  • Amyloidosis / complications
  • Amyloidosis / drug therapy*
  • Amyloidosis / pathology
  • Dimethyl Sulfoxide / administration & dosage*
  • Dimethyl Sulfoxide / therapeutic use
  • Female
  • Hematuria / complications
  • Humans
  • Urinary Bladder Diseases / complications
  • Urinary Bladder Diseases / drug therapy*
  • Urinary Bladder Diseases / pathology

Substances

  • Dimethyl Sulfoxide