Magnetic resonance imaging as a clue to successful diagnosis of renal tuberculosis: a case report.
Computed tomography is considered as the imaging modality of choice in the diagnosis of genitourinary tuberculosis, while magnetic resonance imaging may provide some informative features corresponding to the pathologic stage of the disease. We herein present a case report where magnetic resonance imaging showed the informative features, and a clue to further examinations in focusing on renal tuberculosis.
Matsui
Nobuaki
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Department of Urology, Jichi Medical University Hospital 3311-1 Yakushiji, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, 3290498 Japan. n-matsui@jichi.ac.jp
Morita
Tatsuo
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