title: Urinary tuberculosis presented as isolated bladder lesion - a case report.
abstract: Extra-pulmonary Tuberculosis (EPTB) may affect all organs of the body with varied presentations. Genitourinary tuberculosis (GUTB) carries importance for its morbidity, though it is an uncommon form of TB. A widow of 45 years was admitted with several episodes of painless haematuria and recently developed urinary incontinence. Diagnosis of urinary bladder tuberculosis was made only by histopathology from bladder lesion with supportive evidence of few nonspecific constitutional symptoms and positive family history of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) and persistent sterile pyuria. Upper urinary tract involvement was not found. Category 1 anti-TB treatment was started. With this treatment recovery of the patient is satisfactory and symptoms are disappearing except for the incontinence. Urinary tuberculosis should be ruled out in a case of painless haematuria, repeated sterile pyuria.
authors.affiliation: Dr Md Fazlul Haq Siddique, Assistant Professor & Head, Department of Urology, Mymensingh Medical College (MMC), Mymensingh, Bangladesh.
authors.forename: F H
authors.initials: FH
authors.lastname: Siddique
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Uddin
authors.forename: F M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Saleh
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Latif
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Saha
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Rahman
mesh_terms: D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D014401:Tuberculosis, Urogenital / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents