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Imaging in Tuberculosis of the Genitourinary Tract

Imaging in Tuberculosis of the Genitourinary Tract Fifty-nine clinical histories of hospitalized patients with clinical diagnoses of tuberculosis of the genitourinary (GU) tract were reviewed. The prevalence was greater in young adults with a male to female 2:1 ratio. Clinical symptoms were mainly related to vesical involvement. On physical examination, 33% of all patients were asymptomatic and 37% of males presented with enlargement of the scrotum. The main diagnostic imaging modalities used were the IV urography, Mycobacterium tuberculosiscultures of the urine, and, in four patients, histopathologic confirmation. Ultrasound of the swollen scrotum is nonspecific for this entity but in patients with known genitourinary tuberculosis, epididymitis and epididymo-orchitis may be attributed to M. tuberculosis. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Ultrasound quarterly Wolters Kluwer Health

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© 1999 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc.
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0894-8771
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1536-0253

Abstract

Fifty-nine clinical histories of hospitalized patients with clinical diagnoses of tuberculosis of the genitourinary (GU) tract were reviewed. The prevalence was greater in young adults with a male to female 2:1 ratio. Clinical symptoms were mainly related to vesical involvement. On physical examination, 33% of all patients were asymptomatic and 37% of males presented with enlargement of the scrotum. The main diagnostic imaging modalities used were the IV urography, Mycobacterium tuberculosiscultures of the urine, and, in four patients, histopathologic confirmation. Ultrasound of the swollen scrotum is nonspecific for this entity but in patients with known genitourinary tuberculosis, epididymitis and epididymo-orchitis may be attributed to M. tuberculosis.

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Ultrasound quarterlyWolters Kluwer Health

Published: Dec 1, 1999

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