RENAL TUBERCULOSIS PRESENTING AS A COMPLEX CYST

Extra-pulmonary sites account for 10 of tuberculosis cases. Genito-urinary Tuberculosis accounts for 30 to 40 of all extrapulmonary tuberculosis second only to tuberculous lymphadenitis. The early radiographic findings of renal tuberculosis are fuzzy calyx and moth-eaten appearance. Later on, cavitations, calcifications or a segmental hydronephrosis may develop. This paper reports an unusual radiographic appearance of a renal tuberculosis presenting as a complex cyst.