ON THE CLINICAL COURSE OF TUBERCULOSIS OF THE PROSTATE

Abstract

We have observed the course of tuberculosis of the prostate in 95 cases on palpation, for one to 15 years. These cases had complication of tuberculosis of the urinary tract and mostly received chemotherapies for 4 to 5 years. Among 95 cases, aggravation was seen in only one. Among 36 cases that were observed for more than 3 years, cure was 30.5%, improvement in 50.0% and unchanged in 19.4%. Figure 1-3 show some examples. The conventional concept that tuberculosis of the prostate cannot be completely healed should be discarded.