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Encrusted Cystitis

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When cystitis is caused by urea-splitting gram negative bacteria, it leads to alkalinization of the urine and deposition of calcium salts on the injured urothelial mucosa - a condition referred to as encrusted cystitis. Calcium deposits are scattered throughout the lamina propria in this image.

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