Bladder and ureteric tuberculosis
Bladder and ureteric tuberculosis (TB) refers to infection of ureters and urinary bladder with Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Radiographic features
Ureteric Tuberculosis
IVP
- characteristic beaded appearance due to alternate areas of strictures and dilatation (chronic state)
CT
- acute: ureteral wall thickening
- chronic
- fibrotic strictures leading to a beaded appearance
- foreshortening of ureter leading to pipe-stem ureter
Bladder Tuberculosis
MCU
- irregular wall
- decreased capacity
- thimble bladder
- vesicoureteric reflux in cases of fibrotic changes in ureteral orifice
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Tuberculosis
-
tuberculosis
- causative agent
- tuberculoma (tuberculous granuloma)
- tuberculous abscess
- miliary tuberculosis
- pulmonary tuberculosis
-
extrapulmonary tuberculosis
- intracranial tuberculosis
- tuberculous otomastoiditis
- tuberculous lymphadenopathy
- cardiac tuberculosis
- tuberculous mastitis
- hepatic and splenic tuberculosis
- gastrointestinal tuberculosis
- adrenal tuberculosis
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genitourinary tuberculosis
- renal tuberculosis
- bladder and ureteric tuberculosis
- prostatic tuberculosis
- scrotal tuberculosis (testes, epididymis, seminal vesicles, vas deferens)
- tuberculous pelvic inflammatory disease (female)
- skeletal tuberculosis
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