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Case Reports
. 2022 Feb 28;194(8):E310.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.210889.

Delayed diagnosis of urinary tuberculosis

Robin Dhersin  1 , Paul Bazeries  1 , Rachel Chenouard  1 , Vincent Dubée  2
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Case Reports

Delayed diagnosis of urinary tuberculosis

Robin Dhersin et al. CMAJ. .
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Competing interests: None declared.

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Figure 1:
Figure 1:
Computed tomography scans from a 37-year-old man with urinary tract tuberculosis. (A) Scan from first presentation, showing an abscess of the lower pole of the right kidney (arrowhead), and thickening of the renal pelvis and bladder walls (arrows). (B) Scan from 3 months after starting treatment for tuberculosis, showing progression of right hydronephrosis (arrowheads) and severe shrinkage of the bladder (i.e., thimble bladder) (arrow).
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