title: [Renal cyst infected by Brucella].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report one case of renal cyst infected by Brucella, an exceptional pathology in our environment.
  
  
  METHODS
  82-year-old patient who was referred from his primary care physician for persistent microhematuria and piuria without evidence of infection.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Radiological studies (XR+US+CTscan) showed a left renal cyst with parietal calcifications. Pathologic study was compatible with complicated cyst, with cultured (+) to Brucella spp.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Renal involvement by Brucella is exceptional, and the cystic renal involvement is by far one of the more exceptional manifestations.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Urología, Hospital San Jorge, Huesca, España. rakerama@msn.com
authors.forename: Raquel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Escriche Ros
authors.forename: María J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Rodríguez Manzanilla
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Martín Montañés
authors.forename: Miguel A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Esclarín Duny
authors.forename: José I
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Sanz Vélez
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017347:Brucella melitensis; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D052177:Kidney Diseases, Cystic / Q000382:microbiology*; D008297:Male