[Renal parenchymal defects as signs of renal tuberculosis]

Findings of urogenital tuberculosis in computed tomography have been reported seldom although this manifestation of the tuberculous disease is on the second place following pulmonary tuberculosis. We report on a 52 year old women suffering by culturally proven urogenital tuberculosis. The enhanced computed tomography showed hypodense lesions clearly on the cortex border of the kidney. Other findings of renal tuberculosis reported in the current literature as hydrocalices or hydronephrosis were not seen at all. We postulate that the described finding is characteristic for an early stage of renal tuberculosis.