Agapakis DI, Massa Ev, Hantzis I, Paschoni E, Satsoglou E
Department of Internal Medicine, General Hospital of Goumenissa, Kilkis, Greece.
ICU, Hippokratio General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Hippokratia. 2014 Jan;18(1):92-4.
Purple urine bag syndrome is an uncommon phenomenon where the plastic urinary catheter bag and tubing turn purple. It occurs in some elderly constipated chronic urinary catheterization patients. The phenomenon is attributed to the presence of metabolites of tryptophan in the presence of urinary tract infection.This urine discoloration may lead to misdiagnosis and also cause great concern to patients and their relatives.
We present the clinical case of a 83-year-old female patient with dementia and hypothyroidism, chronically catheterized, who presented with purple-color urine initially misdiagnosed as having haematuria.
紫色尿袋综合征是一种罕见现象,即塑料导尿管袋和管道变成紫色。它发生在一些患有便秘的老年慢性导尿患者中。这种现象归因于在存在尿路感染的情况下色氨酸的代谢产物。这种尿液变色可能导致误诊,也会引起患者及其亲属的极大关注。
我们报告一例83岁患有痴呆和甲状腺功能减退的女性患者的临床病例,该患者长期导尿,最初出现紫色尿液,被误诊为血尿。