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Microscopy-based Assays for High-throughput Screening of Host Factors Involved in Brucella Infection of Hela Cells
Published on: August 5, 2016
[Renal brucelloma: an exceptional pathology]
Enrique Herrero Polo1, A Andréu García, José Miguel Alapont Alacreu
1Servicio de Urología, Hospital General de Elda, Elda, Alicante, España. kikampa@hotmail.com
Objectives:
To report one case of renal brucelloma, an extraordinarily rare pathology in our environment.
Methods:
51-year-old completely asymptomatic patient who was referred from his primary care physician for the study of a calcified image on the right renal area discovered in a x-ray control.
Results:
Radiological studies (US + CT scan + IVU) showed an irregular calcified mass in the lower pole of a non-functional right kidney. Microbiological diagnosis was negative. Radical nephrectomy was performed. Purulent material came out from the kidney during the operation, which cultured (+) to Brucella Melitensis. Pathologic study was compatible with renal brucelloma.
Conclusions:
Genitourinary involvement by Brucella is second in frequency after osteoarticular, being orchyoepididymitis the most common clinical presentation, followed by prostatitis. Renal involvement is exceptional.
