Abstract
Genitourinary tuberculosis usually occurs in young adults and the middle-aged and is very uncommon in the paediatric population. It generally presents with haematuria, pyuria, irritative voiding symptoms and flank pain; presentation as a renal mass is highly unusual. We report a two-year-old girl who was referred to the Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College, Kolkata, India, in June 2014 with abdominal pain. Subsequent radiological investigations revealed a left renal hypoechoic mass lesion. A left nephroureterectomy was performed on suspicion of a Wilms’ tumour. Histopathology indicated an epithelioid granuloma with lymphocytic infiltration, suggestive of a tubercular aetiology. A Mantoux tuberculin skin test was positive; however, there was no evidence of tuberculosis detected elsewhere in the body and the source of the infection could not be identified. A diagnosis of renal tuberculosis was made and the child was treated with antitubercular drugs. The patient was asymptomatic at a six-month follow-up.
Publication details
- DOI
- 10.18295/squmj.2016.16.01.020
- Journal
- Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, 16(1), 105-108
- Publisher
- Sultan Qaboos University
- Open access
- Gold open access
- License
- CC BY-ND 4.0
Cite this article
APA 7
Santra, A., Mandi, F., & Abhishek (2025). Renal Tuberculosis Presenting as a Mass Lesion in a Two-year-old Girl: Report of a rare case. Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, 16(1), 105-108. https://doi.org/10.18295/squmj.2016.16.01.020
MLA 9
Santra, Avradip, et al. "Renal Tuberculosis Presenting as a Mass Lesion in a Two-year-old Girl: Report of a rare case." Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, vol. 16, no. 1, 2025, pp. 105-108. https://doi.org/10.18295/squmj.2016.16.01.020.
Chicago (author–date)
Santra, Avradip, Falguni Mandi, and Abhishek. 2025. "Renal Tuberculosis Presenting as a Mass Lesion in a Two-year-old Girl: Report of a rare case." Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal 16 (1): 105-108. https://doi.org/10.18295/squmj.2016.16.01.020.
Harvard
Santra, A., Mandi, F. and Abhishek (2025) 'Renal Tuberculosis Presenting as a Mass Lesion in a Two-year-old Girl: Report of a rare case', Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, 16(1), pp. 105-108. doi:10.18295/squmj.2016.16.01.020.
Vancouver
Santra A, Mandi F, Abhishek. Renal Tuberculosis Presenting as a Mass Lesion in a Two-year-old Girl: Report of a rare case. Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal. 2025;16(1):105-108. doi:10.18295/squmj.2016.16.01.020
IEEE
A. Santra, F. Mandi, and Abhishek, "Renal Tuberculosis Presenting as a Mass Lesion in a Two-year-old Girl: Report of a rare case," Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 105-108, 2025, doi: 10.18295/squmj.2016.16.01.020.