Urology Case Reports (May 2015)

Discovery of Renal Tuberculosis in a Partial Nephrectomy Specimen Done for Renal Tumor

  • Ahmed Saadi,
  • Haroun Ayed,
  • Abderrazak Bouzouita,
  • Walid Kerkeni,
  • Mohamed Cherif,
  • Riadh M. Ben Slama,
  • Amine Derouiche,
  • Mohamed Chebil

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eucr.2015.01.009
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 3, no. 3
pp. 68 – 69

Abstract

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The association of renal cancer and renal tuberculosis is uncommon. While the incidental discovery of renal cell carcinoma in a tuberculous kidney is a classical finding, the discovery of tuberculous lesions after nephrectomy for cancer is exceptional. We report the case of a female patient aged 60 who had a partial nephrectomy for a 5 cm exophytic kidney tumor. Pathological examination concluded that renal clear cell carcinoma associated with follicular caseo tuberculosis.

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