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ArticleBJR case reports2023

A rare case of disseminated genitourinary tract tuberculosis complicated by emphysematous prostatitis and seminal vesicle abscess.

Preeya Kundasamy, Ben Kemp, Daniel Kearns, Andrew McCallum, Sarfraz Nazir, Paul C Lyon

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Article in BJR case reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Preeya KundasamyDepartment of Radiology, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Ben KempDepartment of Radiology, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Daniel KearnsDepartment of Radiology, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Andrew McCallumDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Sarfraz NazirDepartment of Radiology, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Paul C LyonDepartment of Radiology, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, United Kingdom.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8432-5771
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust · GB

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Urogenital tuberculosis (UGTB) can affect the entire urinary tract including the kidneys, ureters (strictures), urinary bladder, prostate in addition to involving reproductive tracts. In modern day practice, both ultrasound and cross-sectional imaging play an important role in the radiological diagnosis of UGTB. The sequalae of untreated UGTB is morbid and can lead to end-stage renal failure, infertility, and life-threatening systemic infection. UGTB is less commonly observed in developed countries and may mimic other pathologies including malignancy. Thus, it is important that radiologists consider the differential diagnosis early, particularly individuals with risk factors such as travel to endemic regions, to allow optimal treatment and ensure best prognostic outcomes. UGTB can typically be managed by Infectious Disease clinicians with multidrug chemotherapy. We have presented a case of microbiologically proven extrapulmonary tuberculosis (TB) predominantly involving the genitourinary tract. The response to TB agents and lack of evidence of co-infection with another organism, might suggest this as the first published case of emphysematous tuberculous prostatitis. Emphysematous prostatitis is indicative of a gas-forming infection of the prostate, and is associated with abscess formation in the vast majority of case and is an easily identified radiological feature on CT. It is not a well-recognised feature of

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