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Tuberculosis Renal en Pediatría

Authors :
M S Rodríguez
M A Bidegaín
A Pugh
S Figueroa
E Caffarena
W Rodríguez
Source :
Revista chilena de pediatría v.57 n.3 1986, SciELO Chile, CONICYT Chile, instacron:CONICYT
Publication Year :
1986
Publisher :
Sociedad Chilena de Pediatría, 1986.

Abstract

Sixteen clinical records of patients 6 to 15 years old with renal tuberculosis registered over a 21 years period, were analysed. An increased incidence of this condition in the last 8 years was observed. Macrohematuria (56.3^ and enuiesis (18,8%) were the first evidences of the disease. Radiological findings at the excretory urography, corresponded to grades 0, in four patients 11 in six and II through IV in four children (Lattimer's modified classification). Lesions were of grades II or less, in 75% of the cases. In all patients the diagnosis was confirmed either by the isolation of tubercle bacilli from urine, as ocurred in 14 patients (87.5%) or by distinctive histological findings in the other two cases. The results of treatment were satisfactory in eleven properly followed cases (68.7 %). Three patients were followed up in different health centers and information of their final state was not available for us. The scarcity of clinical symptoms and radiological signs in the reported patients is attributed to early diagnosis and an adequate management. (

Details

Language :
Spanish; Castilian
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Revista chilena de pediatría v.57 n.3 1986, SciELO Chile, CONICYT Chile, instacron:CONICYT
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....01b56cff42d16b90980931967c95338c