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ArticleJournal of medical case reports2022

Urinary tract tuberculosis misdiagnosed and treated as renal carcinoma in the presence of diffuse interstitial nephritis: a case report.

Sarya Swed, Mais Barazi, Yamane Chawa, Mahmoud Alhamadeh Alswij, Leena Abdelwahab Alshareef, Sami Bitar, Hazem S Ghaith, Karam R Motawea

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Article in Journal of medical case reports, 2022. 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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8 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Sarya SwedFaculty of Medicine, University of Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria. saryaswed1@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9983-2020
Mais BaraziDepartment of Internal Medicine, Aleppo University Hospital, Aleppo, Syria.
Yamane ChawaDepartment of Endocrinology Medicine, Aleppo University Hospital, Aleppo, Syria.
Mahmoud Alhamadeh AlswijDepartment of Internal Medicine, Aleppo University Hospital, Aleppo, Syria.
Leena Abdelwahab AlshareefFaculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Red Sea University, Port Sudan, Sudan.
Sami BitarDepartment of Internal Medicine, Aleppo University Hospital, Aleppo, Syria.
Hazem S GhaithFaculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.
Karam R MotaweaFaculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt.
University of Aleppo · SYAl-Azhar University · EGAlexandria University · EGRed Sea University · SD

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundUrinary tract tuberculosis (UTTB) is a common form of extrapulmonary tuberculosis (TB) which can infrequently present as renal carcinoma, leading to serious errors in the diagnosis and treatment of UTTB. CASE PRESENTATION: A 76-year-old Syrian man presented with gross hematuria as the main symptom. A urinary endoscopic examination and pelvic multi-slice computed tomography imaging increased the suspicion of a speared renal mass in the right urinary tract. The patient was treated for renal cancer. After nephrectomy and ureterctomy, the histopathology of the resected mass confirmed the diagnosis of UTTB and interstitial nephritis.

conclusionThis case should serve to increase the attention of clinicians to perform an accurate diagnosis step by step. This is especially important if they have a patient similar to the case described here who presents with a renal mass, to avoid serious results such as the loss of an essential organ system.

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Carcinoma, Renal CellKidney NeoplasmsNephritis, InterstitialTuberculosisUrinary Tract InfectionsAgedDiagnostic ErrorsHumansMalePseudotumoral renal tuberculosisRenal carcinomaUrinary tract tuberculosis

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