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KMID : 0358319870280020329
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Korean Journal of Urology
1987 Volume.28 No. 2 p.329 ~ p.332
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A Case of Retroperitoneal Tuberculoma
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김종성/Kim JS
고진석/임정식/Koh JS/Rim JS
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Abstract
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Tuberculoma means a tumor-like mass resulting from enlargement of a caseous tubercle which microscopically shows infiltration of epithelioid cells, Langhans
giant cells and lymphocytes.
In a 57-year-old woman suffering from left renal tuberculosis, we incidentally found a large retroperitoneal tuberculoma (site: retrohepatic, above right adrenal gland, below diaphragm and outside Gerota`s fascia, size: 13X11x9cm).
Generally, Mycobacteria tuberculosis invade the lung via airway, and subsequently, they can be disseminated to any organ or tissue. They are apt to establish disease in the organ or tissue of high oxygen tension level.
We report a case of retroperitoneal tuberculoma with wonder that it could develop in the retroperitoneum of poor blood supply.
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