¿Otra infección urinaria o algo más?

• Iolanda Soraia de Oliveira Santos ^[1] ; Sofia Calaça ^[2] ; Mariana Soares ^[3] ; Andreia Bernardino ^[3]
  1. [1] Servizo de Nefrología, Hospital do Espírito Santo de Évora, Évora, Portugal
  2. [2] Servizo de Medicina Interna, Hospital do Espírito Santo de Évora, Évora, Portugal
  3. [3] Servizo de Medicina Interna, Hospital do Espírito Santo de Évora, Évora, Portuga

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• Localización: Galicia Clínica, ISSN 0304-4866, ISSN-e 1989-3922, Vol. 82, Nº. 1, 2021, págs. 41-42
• Idioma: español
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  • Another Urinary Tract Infection or something more?
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  • Urinary tract infection (UTI) affects mostly women. Any condition that allows stasis or urinary obstruction predisposes to the development of UTI.

    The authors report the case of a 37-year-old woman with a recurrent UTI who presented with right lumbar pain irradiating to homolateral inguinal region and genito-urinary symptoms, and a pelvic extensive lesion was shown in the abdominal-pelvic CT in apparent relationship with L5 nerve root compatible with a Schwannoma.

    Schwannomas are usually benign tumors that rarely present malignant transformation. Repetitive UTIs may be a consequence of the mass effect or of neurological cause secondary to intraspinal schwannomas that cause urinary retention. Local recurrence or malignant change is possible, so complete tumor resection is important