Follicular cystitis is a non-specific inflammatory condition of the bladder where the aetiology is unknown. The extent of the disease can be mild or proliferative and bulky. Antibiotics, steroids, therapies used for interstitial cystitis, palliative cystectomy and radiotherapy have been reported as successful treatment options. We report a case of follicular cystitis that responded to a course of oral diethyl carbamazine.
Case presentation A 24-year-old man was admitted to the hospital on the 4th day of a febrile illness. Fever was high grade with associated arthralgia, myalgia, headache and vomiting. He had been in good health previously and denied a history of leptospirosis exposure. On examination, he was febrile with temperature of 38.3°C, pulse rate of 120 bpm and supine blood
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