[A clinical observation on urogenital tuberculosis].

A clinical observation was made on 25 cases of urogenital tuberculosis experienced at the urological department of Chiba Prefectural Sawara Hospital between January 1973 and December 1982. They accounted for 0.28% of the 8,945 outpatients. There were 17 cases of urinary tuberculosis and 13 cases of genital tuberculosis. In urinary tuberculosis, the age distribution showed a peak in the fifties. There was a predominance in males. The patients in their twenties and fifties comprised 60% of the cases of genital tuberculosis. The kidney affected was predominantly the left kidney. Bladder tuberculosis was found in 7 cases. The majority of the epididymal tuberculosis were found in the right side. Bladder and renal symptoms were the chief complaints for 41.2% and 17.6%, of the cases, respectively. Thirty two percent of the patients had a history of tuberculosis. In cystoscopy, typical findings of tuberculosis were found in only 25% of the cases. Mycobacterium in urine could be detected in 33.3%. Accelerated blood sedimentation rate was detected in 65% of the cases. Pyelography revealed ureteral abnormality in the majority of the cases. Three of the 16 patients with renal tuberculosis underwent nephrectomy, and orchiectomy was performed on 6 of the 13 patients with epididymal tuberculosis.