Volume 24, Issue 106, November - December, 2020

Tuberculosis of the prostate in a patient presenting with acute retention of urine: A case report

Nerli R.B^1♦, Sushant Deole¹, Sreeharsha Nutalpati¹, Shridhar C Ghagane²

¹Department of Urology, JN Medical College, KLE Academy of Higher Education & Research, JNMC Campus, Belagavi-590010, Karnataka, India
²Urinary Biomarkers Research Centre, Department of Urology, KLES Dr. Prabhakar Kore Hospital & Medical Research Centre, Belagavi-590010, Karnataka, India.

^♦Corresponding author
Department of Urology, JN Medical College, KLE Academy of Higher Education & Research, JNMC Campus, Belagavi-590010, Karnataka, India; Email: rbnerli@gmail.com

ABSTRACT

Tuberculosis (TB) of the prostate is much less common than renal, vesiculo-seminal and epididyma lTB. Many urologists are unfamiliar with the diagnosis and management of prostatic TB with many cases found incidentally following transurethral resection. The possible modes of spread to prostate include a descending infection from the urinary tract, direct intracanalicular extension from a neighbouring tuberculous focus in the genital tract or a hematogenous spread. We report on a 68 year old male presenting to us with acute retention of urine. Per rectal examination revealed a hard prostate and histopathological examination of the prostatic needle biopsy showed prostatic tuberculosis.

Keywords: Genitourinary; Granulomatous; Infection; Prostate; Rare; Tuberculosis

Medical Science, 2020, 24(106), 4010-4013

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