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Tuberculosis can present myriad manifestations, affecting multiple organ systems. Common central nervous system (CNS) manifestations include vomiting, headache, blurred vision, neck stiffness, altered sensorium, seizures, and focal neurological deficits. Epilepsia partialis continua (EPC) is a rare manifestation of CNS tuberculosis.

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Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease caused by (MTB). Disseminated TB can cause various types of complications. Extrapulmonary TB includes TB meningitis, abdominal TB, skeletal TB, Pott's disease (spine), scrofula, and genitourinary TB.

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Multisystem diseases in the abdomen and pelvis: imaging manifestations and diagnostic roles of cross-sectional imaging.

Abdom Radiol (NY)

October 2024

Department of Radiology, Konkuk University Medical Center, Research Institute of Medical Science, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.

Systemic diseases, such as IgG4-related disease, sarcoidosis, and amyloidosis, usually involve multiple systems or organs simultaneously or sequentially. The gastrointestinal tract, hepatobiliary system, and genitourinary tract are commonly involved in many multisystem diseases and can also be the first sites with disease involvement. Cross-sectional imaging, such as CT and MR, plays an important role in the diagnosis and management of multisystem diseases by aiding in the evaluation of multiorgan involvement.

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  • * A 59-year-old male initially misdiagnosed with pigmented villonodular synovitis experienced knee swelling; after thorough tests, he was correctly diagnosed with tuberculous knee arthritis through detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA in his synovial fluid.
  • * This case highlights the necessity of considering tuberculosis in patients with chronic knee arthritis, as its symptoms and imaging can resemble other conditions like PVNS, complicating diagnosis.
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Background: Prostate tuberculosis is a common form of urogenital tuberculosis that occurs in men. Clinical and imaging manifestations of prostate tuberculosis are atypical, which often need to be differentiated from benign prostatic hyperplasia, a prostate malignant tumor, and a urinary tract infection. Although prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) is considered a specific biomarker for prostate cancer, it is also found within tuberculosis tissues that may be stimulated by angiogenic factors.

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  • The study looked at patients who might have a disease called interstitial cystitis (IC) and checked to see if they had other confusing illnesses.
  • The researchers reviewed medical records of patients from 2005 to 2019, finding some had bladder or prostate cancer and a few had tuberculosis.
  • The results showed it's really important to keep checking for serious conditions like bladder tumors or tuberculosis in patients who might have IC, even after their initial tests.
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Background: Disseminated tuberculosis (dTB) disease is associated with a significant burden of morbidity and mortality and it requires improved awareness among clinicians. Case reports revealing the clinical and microbiological characteristics of dTB patients will help us to extend our knowledge of dTB. In our study, we have documented dTB cases followed for 6 years and revealed patients' clinical characteristics.

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Objective: To evaluate the long-term effectiveness and consequences of augmentation cystoplasty in adult patients with small capacity bladder due to genitourinary tuberculosis (GUTB).

Methods: After approval of the institutional ethical committee, we retrospectively analyzed the database of adult patients with small capacity bladder due to GUTB treated by augmentation cystoplasty from January 2010 to December 2022 at our center. The patients were followed up at 6 weeks postoperatively, then every 3 months for first year and 6 months in second year, and then annually.

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Imaging of infra-thoracic tuberculosis.

Br J Radiol

February 2024

Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, MT Kassab Institute of Orthopaedics, Tunis-El Manar University, Ksar Said, Tunis 2010, Tunisia.

Tuberculosis (TB) is a potentially curable disease that is a leading cause of death globally. While it typically affects the lungs, this disease may involve many extra-pulmonary sites, particularly in patients with risk factors. Extra-pulmonary TB often mimics a variety of different diseases, posing a diagnostic dilemma.

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The great pretender: Multi-system tuberculosis and pathological fracture masquerading as a severe acute football groin injury - Case study with a 5-year follow-up.

S Afr J Sports Med

June 2023

Department of Exercise Science and Sports Medicine (DESSM), School of Therapeutic Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa.

In this clinical case, a man presented with a groin injury on his dominant side, which he apparently sustained in football (soccer) practice on the previous day. The man was unable to walk unassisted and had to be transported in a wheelchair. The consulting practitioner grew suspicious upon finding minimal clinical evidence and nothing notable on the X-ray to suggest a severe acute injury.

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Sarcoidosis is a disease characterised primarily by lung tissue involvement. Extrapulmonary involvement, particularly in the genitourinary tract, is extremely rare, particularly when it comes to primary disease detection in this location. The gold standard in establishing a definitive diagnosis of sarcoidosis is a combination of the clinical picture, the results of imaging methods, and histopathological examination from the biopsy taken (thus ruling out other causes of granulomatous inflammation).

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Multidrug-resistant tuberculous orchiepididymitis: a brief case report.

Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo

December 2023

Instituto Clemente Ferreira, Departamento de Infectologia, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.

Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the leading causes of death by infectious diseases worldwide. Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis is a growing problem, especially in countries with high TB prevalence. Although the lungs are the organs most frequently affected by this disease, Mycobacterium tuberculosis can harm any organ, including the urogenital tract, causing extrapulmonary tuberculosis, which leads to a challenging diagnosis and consequent treatment delays.

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Tumefactive Nonneoplastic Proliferative Pseudotumors of the Kidneys and Urinary Tract: CT and MRI Findings with Histopathologic Correlation.

Radiographics

December 2023

From the Departments of Radiology (K.P.S., V.R.S., R.B., S.R.P.) and Pathology (N.R.), Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, Tex; Department of Radiology, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY (K.P.S.); Department of Radiology, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa (R.B.); and Department of Radiology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1400 Pressler St, Unit 1473, Houston, TX 77030 (V.R.S., S.R.P.).

A diverse spectrum of pathologically distinct, nonneoplastic, proliferative conditions of the kidneys and urinary tract demonstrate a expansile growth pattern similar to that of neoplasms. The renal pseudotumors include myriad causes of infections as well as rare noninfectious causes such as sarcoidosis, amyloidosis, and immunoglobulin G4-related disease (IgG4-RD). Rare entities such as cystitis cystica, endometriosis, nephrogenic adenoma, and pseudosarcomatous myofibroblastic proliferation and distinct types of prostatitis comprise tumefactive nontumorous disorders that affect specific segments of the urinary tract.

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  • The paper reviews various infectious and inflammatory diseases affecting the genitourinary system, highlighting both common and rare conditions.
  • It covers a wide range of diseases, including acute cystitis, pyelonephritis, and several more obscure infections and complications.
  • Emphasis is placed on the importance for radiologists to recognize these conditions and their potential complications during evaluations.
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A case of pericardial schistosomiasis and non-Hodgkin high grade B-cell lymphoma.

S Afr J Infect Dis

September 2023

Division of Infectious Diseases & HIV Medicine, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.

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Extrapulmonary tuberculosis (TB) presents unique diagnostic and therapeutic challenges. The site of involvement can vary widely, with common sites including the lymph nodes, pleura, skin, ear, nose and throat, genitourinary system, pericardium, gastrointestinal tract, bones and joints, and central nervous system. Clinical manifestations of extrapulmonary TB are diverse and often non-specific.

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Rosai-Dorfman-Destombes disease (RDD) is a rare non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis characterized by the accumulation of activated histiocytes within affected tissues. The original haematopathological description of RDD has links to the late South African born haematopathologist, Ronald Dorfman, with a descriptive account of two cases of the disease treated at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital are described herein. Alongside the two case descriptions is a meta-analysis of 149 published cases from the African continent.

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Efficiency of Chitosan Nanocarriers in Vaccinology for Mucosal Immunization.

Vaccines (Basel)

August 2023

Nanobiointeractions & Nanodiagnostics, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, 16163 Genova, Italy.

The mucosal barrier constitutes a huge surface area, close to 40 m in humans, located mostly in the respiratory, gastrointestinal and urogenital tracts and ocular cavities. It plays a crucial role in tissue interactions with the microbiome, dietary antigens and other environmental materials. Effective vaccinations to achieve highly protective mucosal immunity are evolving strategies to counteract several serious diseases including tuberculosis, diphtheria, influenzae B, severe acute respiratory syndrome, Human Papilloma Virus infection and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome.

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