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ArticleCureus2021

Unusual Case of Renal Tuberculosis in a Patient With Unsuspecting Chronic Back Pain.

Morgan E Kensinger, Kathleen Adams, Jignesh Shah, Mudassar Zia, Joshua Floyd

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Article in Cureus, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Morgan E KensingerInternal Medicine, University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, USA.
Kathleen AdamsInternal Medicine, University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, USA.
Jignesh ShahNephrology, University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, USA.
Mudassar ZiaInternal Medicine, University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, USA.
Joshua FloydRadiology, Truman Medical Centers, Kansas City, USA.
University of Missouri–Kansas City · USTruman Medical Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chronic back pain is a common complaint in the United States. In patients from endemic areas, spinal tuberculosis should be a part of the differential diagnosis, especially after the failure of conventional pain management treatments. Although most cases of tuberculosis present with pulmonary complaints, presented here is a case of isolated spinal tuberculosis with contiguous spread to the kidneys with the formation of psoas abscesses.

Indexed as

chronic back painpsoas abscessrenal tuberculosisspinal tuberculosistuberculosis

Identifiers

PMID34178498
PMCPMC8216575
OpenAlexW3165010469

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