[Tuberculosis of the prostate]
O S Streltsova1, V N Krupin1, K E Yunusova1
1Nizhny Novgorod State Medical Academy of Minzdrav of Russia.
Abstract:
Genitourinary tract is the second most common site where extrapulmonary tuberculosis (TB) occurs. Genitourinary TB is notable for a latent clinical course and difficult diagnosis. The paper presents clinical observations of two patients treated in a urology department of a general public hospital. One of them was diagnosed with tuberculosis of the prostate, MTB+. In the other, TB of the prostate was suspected based on pathologic assessment of the surgical specimen after surgery for prostate cancer.
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