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OBJECTIVES: To report one case of renal cyst infected by Brucella, an exceptional pathology in our environment. METHODS: 82-year-old patient who was referred from his primary care physician for persistent microhematuria and piuria without evidence of infection. RESULTS: Radiological studies (XR+US+CTscan) showed a left renal cyst with parietal calcifications. Pathologic study was compatible with complicated cyst, with cultured (+) to Brucella spp. CONCLUSIONS: Renal involvement by Brucella is exceptional, and the cystic renal involvement is by far one of the more exceptional manifestations.
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Brucella melitensis , Brucelose/complicações , Doenças Renais Císticas/microbiologia , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Humanos , MasculinoRESUMO
Objetivos: Presentar un caso clínico de quiste renal infectado por Brucela, patología excepcional en nuestro medio. Método: Paciente de 82 años remitido desde Atención primaria por microhematuria y piuria persistentes sin evidencia de infección de orina. Resultado: El estudio radiológico (Rx+ECO+TAC) demuestra una imagen sugestiva de quiste renal izquierdo con calcificación depared. El estudio anatomopatológico se demostró compatible con quiste renal complicado y el cultivo fue positivo para Brucella spp. Conclusiones: La afectación renal por Brucela es excepcional, siendo aún más extraordinaria la infección de un quiste renal, motivo por el cual presentamos el caso (AU)
Objetives: To report one case of renal cyst infected by Brucella, an exceptional pathology in our environment. Methods: 82-year-old patient who was referred from his primary care physician for persistent microhematuria and piuria without evidence of infection. Results: Radiological studies (XR+US+CTscan) showed a left renal cyst with parietal calcifications. Pathologic study was compatible with complicated cyst, with cultured (+) to Brucella spp. Conclusions: Renal involvement by Brucella is exceptional, and the cystic renal involvement is by far one of the more exceptional manifestations (AU)
