recall q don't agree with ans inputs - kj72patel

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9. A 70-year-old white male is found to have microscopic hematuria on routine urinalysis. The most likely cause is
1 asymptomatic renal stone
2 benign prostatic hyperplasia
3 bladder cancer
4 coagulopathy
5 urinary tract infection

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BPH.

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Ans 1

2, you don't get hematuria
3, not micro usually macrscopic hem.
4, again if ever it cause hem, it got to be macroscopic
5, don't know infections leads to hem.

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UTI, right?

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the is posted as BPH
i'll have to find this one out

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Hey kj, BPH does seem to be the commonest cause of hematuria in males over 50. Check out the following links:

http://www.duj.com/hematuria.html

http://www.urologychannel.com/hematuria/causes.shtml

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b2
thanks for links, but Q is Microscopic hematuria, because otherwise renal stone, bladder cancer cause for sure hematuria.

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What's the mechnism of microscopic hematuria caused by BPH? I thought BPH caused UTI (asymptomatic and symptomatic).