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Editorial
. 2025 Jan-Mar;47(1):e20240167.
doi: 10.1590/2175-8239-JBN-2024-0167en.

Extensive urogenital calcification and hypercalcemia secondary to disseminated tuberculosis

[Article in English, Portuguese]
Aline Grosskopf Monich  1   2 , Rafael Fernandes Romani  1   2
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Editorial

Extensive urogenital calcification and hypercalcemia secondary to disseminated tuberculosis

[Article in English, Portuguese]
Aline Grosskopf Monich et al. J Bras Nefrol. 2025 Jan-Mar.
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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1. A: calcifications in the right kidney (axial section, arrows) and nephrocalcinosis with caliectasis in the left kidney (axial section, arrowheads); B: ureteral calcification (axial section, arrow); C: contracted and calcified bladder (axial section, arrow); D: hydrocele and testicular calcification (axial section, arrow).
Figura 1
Figura 1. A: focos de calcificação em rim direito (corte axial, setas) e nefrocalcinose com caliectasias em rim esquerdo (corte axial, pontas de setas); B: calcificação ureteral (corte axial, seta); C: bexiga contraída com parede calcificada (corte axial, seta); D: hidrocele e calcificação testicular (corte axial, seta).
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