[Clinical study on 17 cases of genitourinary tuberculosis].
Between 1987 and 1995, 17 patients with genitourinary tuberculosis were treated at Iwate Prefectural Central Hospital. The incidence of newly diagnosed genitourinary tuberculosis was 17 out of 16,363 outpatients (0.1%) during the 9-year period. Twelve patients had urinary tuberculosis and genital as well as urinary organs were affected in 5. Six (35%) patients presented in their fifties and 5 (29%) each in their forties and sixties. Nine (53%) patients had irritative voiding symptoms as the chief complaint. Only 29% had a known history of extra-genitourinaty tuberculosis. In addition to the standard multidrug chemotherapy, nephrectomy was performed in 5 patients and orchiectomy in 2 with epididymal tuberculosis. The incidence of tuberculosis has recently increased in many parts of our country and more attention should be paid to genitourinary tuberculosis.
Tamada
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H
Department of Urology, Iwate Prefectural Central Hospital.
Unoura
A
A
Kanai
H
H
Kaneko
T
T
Sakuma
Y
Y
Takata
K
K
Yoshida
I
I
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014401:Tuberculosis, Urogenital / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy