Unusual Presentation of Renal Tuberculosis

Authors

  • Aunp P Chaudhari Lilavati Hospital and Research Centre, Bandra West, Mumbai, India Author
  • Ravi Ranganath Lilavati Hospital and Research Centre, Bandra West, Mumbai, India Author
  • Malleshappa Pavan Lilavati Hospital and Research Centre, Bandra West, Mumbai, India Author

Abstract

Urogenital tuberculosis (TB) is a common late manifestation of an earlier symptomatic or asymptomatic pulmonary TB infection. A latency period ranging from 5 to 40 years between the time of the initial infection and the expression of urogenital TB frequently occurs. As one of the most common sites of involvement of extrapulmonary TB, urogenital TB accounts for 15% to 20% of the infections. We present a patient who had culture-negative active tubercular kidney disease due to silent tuberculous infection. Our case demonstrates the limitations of noninvasive testing in establishing the diagnosis of renal tuberculosis.

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Author Biography

  • Malleshappa Pavan, Lilavati Hospital and Research Centre, Bandra West, Mumbai, India
    senior registrar, department of nephrology

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Published

2011-04-26

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Section

CASE REPORT | Kidney Diseases

How to Cite

Unusual Presentation of Renal Tuberculosis. (2011). Iranian Journal of Kidney Diseases, 5(3), 207-209. https://www.ijkd.org/index.php/ijkd/article/view/401