[Renal cyst infected by Brucella].
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.
Escriche Ros
Raquel
R
Servicio de Urología, Hospital San Jorge, Huesca, España. rakerama@msn.com
Rodríguez Manzanilla
María J
MJ
Martín Montañés
Manuel
M
Esclarín Duny
Miguel A
MA
Sanz Vélez
José I
JI
D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017347:Brucella melitensis; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D052177:Kidney Diseases, Cystic / Q000382:microbiology*; D008297:Male