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Renal tuberculosis presenting as thigh abscess.

Anantharaman Dharmapalan¹, R Vijaykumar¹, Sumanth Bhoopal¹

¹MVJ Medical College and Research Hospital, Hoskote, Bangalore, Karnataka 562114 India.

The Indian Journal of Surgery

|January 16, 2014

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Tuberculosis is a significant health issue in India. Renal tuberculosis, a kidney infection, can present unusually, like a thigh abscess, but is treatable with medication and surgery.

Area of Science:

Medicine
Infectious Diseases
Nephrology

Background:

Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major public health challenge in India.
Genitourinary (GU) tuberculosis accounts for 20% of all extrapulmonary TB cases.
The kidney is the most frequently affected organ in GU tuberculosis.

Purpose of the Study:

To report an uncommon presentation of renal tuberculosis.
To highlight effective management strategies for this rare presentation.

Main Methods:

Case study of a 50-year-old female patient.
Diagnosis of renal tuberculosis based on clinical presentation.
Management involved anti-tubercular therapy (ATT) and nephroureterectomy.

Main Results:

Keywords:

Abscess Renal Thigh Tuberculosis

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The patient presented with a right upper thigh abscess, an atypical manifestation of renal tuberculosis.
The condition was successfully managed with a combination of ATT and nephroureterectomy.

Conclusions:

Renal tuberculosis can present with extragenitourinary manifestations, such as thigh abscesses.
Prompt diagnosis and a combination of anti-tubercular therapy and surgical intervention are effective treatment modalities.