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Medicina (Kaunas)
December 2024
Medical College, Medical University of Plovdiv, 4002 Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
Situs anomalies, including situs inversus and situs ambiguous (SAMB), are rare congenital conditions typically noted in pediatric populations, with SAMB being particularly uncommon in adults. This case study addresses the incidental discovery of situs ambiguous with polysplenia in a 65-year-old man evaluated for suspected adrenal adenoma. The patient's medical history included benign prostatic hyperplasia and tuberculous pleurisy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Intravesical Bacillus Calmette-Guérin immunotherapy is generally a safe treatment for non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer but sometimes causes complications.
Case Presentation: The patient was an 80-year-old man who had undergone Bacillus Calmette-Guérin immunotherapy for non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer. Two months later, he developed an irregular pelvic mass surrounding the prostate and rectum with no fever.
Ethiop J Health Sci
October 2024
Department of Pathology, Addis Ababa University, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Background: Tuberculosis (TB) remains the deadliest infectious disease globally, with the kidneys being the most frequently affected organ in the genitourinary system. Isolated prostate involvement by tuberculosis is rare and may mimic prostate cancer. This case report aims to highlight the diagnostic challenges and therapeutic responses associated with isolated prostate tuberculosis, particularly in the context of significantly elevated prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels in a TB-endemic region.
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September 2024
Internal Medicine, Saveetha Medical College and Hospital, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Saveetha University, Chennai, IND.
This case report details the clinical course of a 53-year-old male farmer with a 15-year history of diabetes mellitus who presented with a 20-day history of pyrexia, rigors, and shivering, as well as problems in the urogenital system and left hypochondrial pain. Notably, he had been diagnosed with spinal tuberculosis, which was successfully treated five years ago. On evaluation, there was tenderness in the suprapubic region as well as the left hypochondrium; moreover, rectal examination showed that the prostate was boggy and tender.
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