Loin pain hematuria syndrome (LPHS) induced by pyelonephritis in diabetes mellitus female with brucellosis: a diagnosis of challenge.

Abstract

Loin pain hematuria syndrome (LPHS) is an extremely rare disease with a prevalence of about 0.012% and is more common in women (approximately 70% of cases). The majority of cases present by the third decade of life, where the chronic loin pain varies in duration (ranging from minutes to a constant ache) and frequency (ranging from once or twice a year to incessant pain). Also, the pain usually accompanies by intermittent microscopic or gross hematuria.