Urinary tract tuberculosis misdiagnosed and treated as renal carcinoma in the presence of diffuse interstitial nephritis: a case report

BACKGROUND: Urinary tract tuberculosis (UTTB) is a common form of extrapulmonary tuberculosis (TB) which can infrequently present as renal carcinoma, leading to serious errors in the diagnosis and treatment of UTTB. CASE PRESENTATION: A 76-year-old Syrian man presented with gross hematuria as the ma...

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Autores principales: Swed, Sarya, Barazi, Mais, Chawa, Yamane, Alswij, Mahmoud Alhamadeh, Alshareef, Leena Abdelwahab, Bitar, Sami, Ghaith, Hazem S., Motawea, Karam R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9284838/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35836269
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13256-022-03491-8