Miliary Tuberculosis Following Transrectal Ultrasonography (TRUS)-Guided Prostate Biopsy

Miliary tuberculosis (TB) after transrectal ultrasonography (TRUS)-guided prostate biopsy is an extremely rare complication. A 75-year-old patient who presented with high fever and cough following TRUS-guided prostate biopsy for his high serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level (13.104 ng/ml) was...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Kim, Chul Jang, Sano, Taichi, Takimoto, Keita
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Urological Association 2011
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3123821/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21755022
http://dx.doi.org/10.4111/kju.2011.52.6.425
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Sumario:Miliary tuberculosis (TB) after transrectal ultrasonography (TRUS)-guided prostate biopsy is an extremely rare complication. A 75-year-old patient who presented with high fever and cough following TRUS-guided prostate biopsy for his high serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level (13.104 ng/ml) was diagnosed with miliary TB after clinical, laboratory, and radiological assessments. Histopathological examination of the prostate revealed TB with acid-fast bacilli. He was treated with chemotherapy for 9 months. The patient is now symptom-free, and his post-treatment PSA level was 5.023 ng/ml. This case is reported to acknowledge the possibility that miliary TB can occur as a complication of prostate biopsy if the patient suffers from prostate TB.

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