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01-08-2020 | Cystitis | Editorial
Understanding bladder pain syndrome/interstitial cystitis
Authors:
Visha Tailor, Marco Torella, Valentin Manriquez, Giuseppe Alessandro Digesu
Published in:
International Urogynecology Journal
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Issue 8/2020
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Excerpt
In 1887, Dr. Alexander Skene introduced the concept and disease “interstitial cystitis,” describing inflammation that destroys the mucous membrane partly or wholly and extends to the muscular parietes. Over time, the core definition has evolved to include ulcerations [
1], chronic symptoms including pain [
2], glomerulations [
3], and finally the umbrella concept of painful bladder syndrome (ICS 2002) or bladder pain syndrome (The European Society for the Study of Interstitial Cystitis 2006) as it is now termed [
4]. …