Fatal outcome of intravesical formalin instillation, with changes mimicking renal tuberculosis.
Intravesical formalin instillation has been performed in a patient with massive bladder hemorrhage secondary to radiation cystitis. Stricture formation at the level of the calyceal infundibula occurred, as well as retroperitoneal and ureteric fibrosis. The literature concerning formalin therapy is reviewed.
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