Expert ReplyCondition analysis:
Yes. Renal tuberculosis is a well established entity. Tuberculosis bacteria spread either through droplet infection - a person with open tuberculosis in lungs coughing out bacteria and second through blood (haematogenous spread). Thus every organ / tissue in body that receives blood supply can get tuberculosis.
Instructions:
General imaging differential considerations include:
-- papillary necrosis
-- medullary sponge kidney
-- TCC (transitional cell carcinoma) of renal tract
-- SCC (squamous cell carcinoma) of renal tract
-- xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis (XGP)