[Penile Tuberculosis : A Case Report]

Hinyokika Kiyo. 2017 Apr;63(4):163-167. doi: 10.14989/ActaUrolJap_63_4_163.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

A 66-year-old man presented with a chief complaint of glans penis pain, induration, and discharge of pus. He was prescribed a course of antibiotics, but the condition persisted despite treatment. Thus, we differrentially diagnosed the patient with penile tuberculosis and pyoderma gangrenosum, and performed a biopsy of the penis. The biopsy result was thickening of the horny layer epidermis with only a foreign body granuloma composed of inflammatory cells, and did not lead to a definitive diagnosis. Thoraca-abdominal computed tomography revealed axillary lymphadenopathy with necrosis. Suspecting tuberculosis lymphadenitis, we performed T-spot and QuantiFERONtests. The result was T-spot negative and QuantiFERONpositive, so we diagnosed the patient with penile tuberculosis, and started antituberculosis medication. In about half a year after the start of treatment the symptoms subsided, and lymphadenopathy showed reduction.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Biopsy
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Drug Combinations
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Multimodal Imaging
  • Penile Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
  • Penile Diseases / drug therapy
  • Penile Diseases / pathology
  • Tuberculosis / diagnostic imaging*
  • Tuberculosis / drug therapy
  • Tuberculosis / pathology

Substances

  • Drug Combinations