Imaging in Tuberculosis of the Genitourinary Tract
Imaging in Tuberculosis of the Genitourinary Tract
Lopez de Mesa, Byron E.; Arevalo, Alexandra Cruz; Cusnir, Pablo Gomez; Chamorro Revelo, Hector A.
1999-12-01 00:00:00
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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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.
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