HOW PROSTATE TUBERCULOSIS IS DIAGNOSED

Osteoarticular tuberculosis: how often is it missed?

This study was carried out to analyze the clinical presentations and outcomes of osteoarticular tuberculosis (OAT) at a university hospital in AlKhobar, Saudi Arabia. A prospective observational study was carried out between 1 January 1998 and 31 December 2007. Patients demographic characteristics were recorded, including age, gender, nationality, clinical manifestation, delay in diagnosis, lab...

Prostate Cancer: How Young is too Young?

Prostate cancer is the most common non-cutaneous malignancy in men. It is generally considered a cancer of the elderly, and the median age of presentation is 68 years. However 10% of new diagnoses in the USA occur in men aged ≤ 55 years. This may be due to more prevalent screening nowadays, and may also reflect the diagnosis of an increasingly recognized but underappreciated entity, i.e. early-...

How is the Mother Tongue Acquired

Platelet Refractoriness and how it is formed

Abstract Background and Objectives Transfusion of platelet has become one of the main treatments for thrombocytopenic patients to reduce the severity and frequency of bleeding consequences. Failure to attain the desired level of platelets in a patient following platelet transfusion is defined as platelet refractoriness. The purpose of present paper is to review and study the mechanisms involve...

Prostate Tuberculosis as Predisposition for Prostate Cancer

The prostate is one of the most common sites for cancer and in contrast prostate tuberculosis seems to be a rare disease. Mycobacterium tuberculosis and cancer look like antagonists; based on this principle BCG-therapy for bladder cancer was established. However sometimes tuberculosis may predispose cancer. We present a patient, 72 year of age, who was cured from pulmonary and prostate tubercul...