Bladder and ureteric tuberculosis
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Bladder and ureteric tuberculosis (TB) refers to infection of ureters and urinary bladder with M. tuberculosis.
Radiographic features
Ureteric TB
IVP
- characteristic beaded appearance due to alternate areas of strictures and dilatation (chronic state)
CT
- acute
- ureteral: ureteral wall thickening - chronic
- fibrotic strictures leading to beaded appearance
- foreshortening of ureter leading to pipe-stem ureter
Bladder TB
MCU
- irregular wall
- decreased capacity
- thimble bladder
- vesico-ureteric reflux (VUR) in cases of fibrotic changes in ureteral orifice
-<p><strong>Bladder </strong>and<strong> ureteric tuberculosis</strong> <strong>(TB)</strong> refers to infection of <a title="Ureters" href="/articles/ureter">ureters</a> and <a title="urinary bladder" href="/articles/urinary-bladder">urinary bladder</a> with <em>M. tuberculosis.</em></p><h4>Radiographic features</h4><h5>Ureteric TB</h5><h6>IVP</h6><ul><li>characteristic beaded appearance due to alternate areas of strictures and dilatation (chronic state)</li></ul><h6>CT</h6><ul>-<li>acute - ureteral wall thickening</li>- +<p><strong>Bladder </strong>and<strong> ureteric tuberculosis</strong> <strong>(TB)</strong> refers to infection of <a href="/articles/ureter">ureters</a> and <a href="/articles/urinary-bladder">urinary bladder</a> with <em>M. tuberculosis.</em></p><h4>Radiographic features</h4><h5>Ureteric TB</h5><h6>IVP</h6><ul><li>characteristic beaded appearance due to alternate areas of strictures and dilatation (chronic state)</li></ul><h6>CT</h6><ul>
- +<li>acute: ureteral wall thickening</li>
-<li><span style="line-height:1.6em">fibrotic strictures leading to beaded appearance</span></li>-<li><span style="line-height:1.6em">foreshortening of ureter leading to <a href="/articles/pipe-stem-ureter">pipe-stem ureter</a></span></li>- +<li>fibrotic strictures leading to beaded appearance</li>
- +<li>foreshortening of ureter leading to <a href="/articles/pipe-stem-ureter">pipe-stem ureter</a>
- +</li>
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- 1. Harisinghani MG, McLoud TC, Shepard JA et-al. Tuberculosis from head to toe. Radiographics. 2000;20 (2): 449-70. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1148/radiographics.20.2.g00mc12449">doi:10.1148/radiographics.20.2.g00mc12449</a> - <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10715343">Pubmed citation</a><span class="auto"></span>
- 1.Harisinghani MG, McLoud TC, Shepard JA et-al. Tuberculosis from head to toe. Radiographics. 2000;20 (2): 449-70. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1148/radiographics.20.2.g00mc12449">doi:10.1148/radiographics.20.2.g00mc12449</a> - <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10715343">Pubmed citation</a><span class="auto"></span>
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