Cystitis differential diagnosis

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Maliha Shakil, M.D. [2]

Differential Diagnosis

Cystitis must be differentiated from other causes of dysuria such as:

• Acute pyelonephritis
• Urethritis
• Prostatitis
• Vulvovaginitis
• Urethral strictures or diverticula
• Benign prostatic hyperplasia
• Neoplasms such as renal cell carcinoma and cancers of the bladder, prostate, and penis