Purple urine bag syndrome, a travel companion.

Objective: Purple urine bag syndrome is a rare entity that appears in elderly patients with long-term urinary catheters with chronic diseases.

Method: We describe the cases of two patients admitted to our service, who serve as example to illustrate this pathology and which process should be followed in its diagnosis and treatment.

Conclusion: Purple urine bag syndrome is a rare entity that occurs more frequently in elderly patients, women, with long-term urinary catheters, whose main factors are debilitating diseases, prolonged immobility and chronic constipation.

[Gastric tuberculosis. Review apropos of a case].

Abdominal tuberculosis (TB) is infrequent in the Western world. This disease occurs more commonly among at-risk populations, mainly among older patients and patients with HIV infection. Abdominal TB usually manifests as intestinal TB, peritoneal TB, and mediastinal lymphadenitis.