Renal tuberculosis mimicking renal cell carcinoma: a case report

• Published in: Journal of medical case reports Vol. 13; no. 1; p. 139
• Main Authors: Chaker, Kays, Chakroun, Marouene, Gharbi, Maroua, Chebil, Mohamed
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 11.05.2019; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Abdomen; Analysis; Antitubercular Agents - therapeutic use; Bladder; Cancer; Carcinoma; Carcinoma, Renal Cell - diagnostic imaging; Carcinoma, Renal Cell - surgery; Case Report; Case reports; Diagnosis; Diagnostic Errors; Female; Histochemistry; Humans; Infections; Kidney cancer; Laboratories; Medical imaging; Medical research; Middle Aged; Nephrectomy; Nicolle, Charles (1866-1936); Pain; Patients; Pseudotumor; Public health; Renal cell carcinoma; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Tuberculosis; Tuberculosis, Renal - diagnosis; Tuberculosis, Renal - drug therapy; Tuberculosis, Renal - pathology; Urine; Urogenital tuberculosis; United States > US; Pseudotumor; Renal cell carcinoma; Urogenital tuberculosis

Urogenital tuberculosis is still a frequent presentation, and it constitutes a current public health problem in endemic areas. The clinical presentation of this form of the disease may be misleading. The pseudotumoral type of renal tuberculosis is extremely uncommon. We present a case of a 52-year-o...