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KMID : 0358320110520060425
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Korean Journal of Urology
2011 Volume.52 No. 6 p.425 ~ p.427
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Miliary Tuberculosis Following Transrectal Ultrasonography (TRUS)-Guided Prostate Biopsy
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Kubota Shigehisa
Sano Taichi
Takimoto Keita
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Abstract
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Miliary tuberculosis (TB) after transrectal ultrasonography (TRUS)-guided prostate biopsy is an extremely rare complication. A 75-year-old patient who presented with high fever and cough following TRUS-guided prostate biopsy for his high serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level (13.104 ng/ml) was diagnosed with miliary TB after clinical, laboratory, and radiological assessments. Histopathological examination of the prostate revealed TB with acid-fast bacilli. He was treated with chemotherapy for 9 months. The patient is now symptom-free, and his post-treatment PSA level was 5.023 ng/ml. This case is reported to acknowledge the possibility that miliary TB can occur as a complication of prostate biopsy if the patient suffers from prostate TB.
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KEYWORD
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Biopsy, Complications, Miliary tuberculosis, Prostate, Tuberculosis
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