Differential diagnosis of an unusual pelvic mass in a renal transplant recipient: Multidrug-resistant abdominopelvic tuberculosis

摘要

Renal transplant patients are more prone to tuberculosis infection due to the underlying intense immunosuppression, with an incidence 2074 times higher than that in the general population. It is associated with graft dysfunction and increased mortality rates. It can be frequently pulmonary but extra-pulmonary involvement is not rare, and in the latter case, it may be misinterpreted as genital malignancies. In this case report, we discuss a renal transplant patient with pelvic pain and fever, who was later diagnosed as having abdominopelvic tuberculosis.