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Sport hematuria in boys: a provocative test

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Sports hematuria has been described in adult athletes. We report on two boys with gross hematuria after soccer matches. Urinalysis was negative for hematuria at the first visit. A simple test of effort provoked the phenomenon and allowed the detection of the post-renal origin of bleeding and the rapid resolution of hematuria. Such a test may be particularly helpful after the first episode, when it is problematic to postulate a cause-effect relationship between exercise and hematuria on the basis of the patients’ history.

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, Second University of Naples, Via L.De Crecchio 2, 80138, Naples, Italy

    Cesare Polito & Saverio Andreoli

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Polito, C., Andreoli, S. Sport hematuria in boys: a provocative test. Pediatr Nephrol 20, 1171–1173 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00467-005-1981-y

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