Urogenital tuberculosis: diagnostic difficulties in 5 cases

OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study is: to emphasize the difficulties of diagnosing genito-urinary tuberculosis because of its non specific symptoms; to incite the physician to seek it more frequently. MATERIAL AND METHOD: Five cases of genito-urinary tuberculosis have been diagnosed within a 10-years period and included in a retrospective study. RESULTS: We found one location in the kidney and one location in the bladder with 2 women diagnosed by repeated urianalysis and 3 cases of location in epididymis diagnosed after surgery. CONCLUSION: Symptoms of genito-urinary tuberculosis are misleading, pathologic findings are taking a more and more important place in the diagnosis, which the new techniques of serologic tests will surely improve.