eng Science and Education Publishing American Journal of Medical Case Reports 2374-216X 2020-02-19 8 4 103 105 10.12691/ajmcr-8-4-3 AJMCR2020843 article Cenk Ahmet Sen cenkasen@gmail.com 1 Hakan Ozturk 2 Department of Radiation Oncology, Medical Park Izmir Hospital, Izmir, Turkey Department of Urology, Medical Park Izmir Hospital, Izmir, Turkey Radiation cystitis is a condition caused by urinary bladder injury due to radiation, and is characterized by a need to urinate often and a burning sensation when urinating. A patient who was receiving radiotherapy after being operated on for cervical cancer developed intense cystitis symptoms during treatment that continued for a long time that indicated radiation association. A cystoscopy was decided upon due to the long-term symptoms, and after the removal of a suture detected in the bladder, all symptoms resolved. The tendency to associate problems with radiation in patients receiving radiotherapy may sometimes mask the actual cause. This report aims to draw attention to such situations, and to present an interesting case of cystitis that developed due to a non-radiation cause. http://pubs.sciepub.com/ajmcr/8/4/3/ajmcr-8-4-3.pdf radiation cystitis cystoscopy surgical suture material prolene