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COMPLETELY CALCIFIED TUBERCULOUS KIDNEY
Author(s) -
GABE J.
Publication year - 1946
Publication title -
british journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.773
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1464-410X
pISSN - 0007-1331
DOI - 10.1111/j.1464-410x.1946.tb10606.x
Subject(s) - nephrectomy , tuberculosis , urination , medicine , urinary system , kidney , general surgery , urology , surgery , intensive care medicine , pathology
Summary A case of extensively calcified tuberculosis of the left kidney is reported. The interesting features are:‐ I. Ten years' history of frequency of micturition due to long‐standing untreated urethro‐trigonitis. 2. The discovery of a large calcified kidney giving rise to no symptoms. 3. The failure to find evidence of any active tuberculosis in the urinary tract or elsewhere. As the patient had only recently recovered from a serious illness no question of nephrectomy arose. In any case she was averse to having anything done.