title: [Characteristics on diagnosis and treatment of renal tuberculosis].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the new characteristics on diagnosis and treatment of renal tuberculosis (RT).
  
  
  METHODS
  Eighty-seven patients with renal tuberculosis were retrospectively reviewed; their diagnosis was established by standard microbiological and histological techniques.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Atypical RT was diagnosed by various examinations, including urinary analysis, polymerase chain reaction of tuberculosis (PCR-TB), ultrasonography, intravenous urography (i.v.U), and computerized tomography (CT). Treatment consisted of antituberculous chemotherapy in all patients, in combination with nephrectomy (62.5%) or enterocystoplasty (4.6%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The differential diagnosis of RT should be emphasized, especially for atypical RT, provided a much more specific diagnosis in clinical suspicion of RT. i.v.U can not be regarded as a specific examination for RT. Computerised tomography (CT) can be used for early diagnosis of RT. Surgery for RT is still ablative.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 400038, China.
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Gong
authors.forename: Gen-sheng
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Bo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: En-qing
authors.initials: EQ
authors.lastname: Xiong
authors.forename: Xi-yu
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Jin
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014398:Tuberculosis, Renal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*