Isolated tuberculous epididymitis masquerading as a scrotal tumor. 2008

Wei-Chieh Miu, and Hui-Ming Chung, and Yung-Cheng Tsai, and Fu-Jinn Luo
Department of Infection, Mennonite Christian Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan.

This report is of a patient with isolated tuberculous epididymitis presenting with a scrotal tumor. A 65-year-old man presented with a rapidly growing, painless mass over his right testicle. A non-tender indurated tumor was identified in the right hemi-scrotum. Digital rectal examination detected a moderately enlarged, elastic prostate that was consistent with benign prostatic hyperplasia. Urinalysis was normal without pyuria. Complete blood count, biochemistry, prostate specific antigen, alpha-fetoprotein, and beta-human chorionic gonadotropin were all within normal levels. Chest X-ray was clear. Scrotal ultrasonography and computed tomography scan showed a tumor in the right testicle involving the epididymis with hydrocele, but the renal images were normal. The diagnosis was right epididymo-testicular tumor. The right testis was removed. Postoperative pathology showed tuberculous epididymitis. Subsequent urine mycobacterial culture was negative. The patient had an uneventful postoperative course. The patient was treated with standard 9-month triple anti-tuberculosis medications, and remained stable at follow-up.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D009919 Orchiectomy The surgical removal of one or both testicles. Castration, Male,Orchidectomy,Castrations, Male,Male Castration,Male Castrations,Orchidectomies,Orchiectomies
D003937 Diagnosis, Differential Determination of which one of two or more diseases or conditions a patient is suffering from by systematically comparing and contrasting results of diagnostic measures. Diagnoses, Differential,Differential Diagnoses,Differential Diagnosis
D004822 Epididymis The convoluted cordlike structure attached to the posterior of the TESTIS. Epididymis consists of the head (caput), the body (corpus), and the tail (cauda). A network of ducts leaving the testis joins into a common epididymal tubule proper which provides the transport, storage, and maturation of SPERMATOZOA.
D004823 Epididymitis Inflammation of the EPIDIDYMIS. Its clinical features include enlarged epididymis, a swollen SCROTUM; PAIN; PYURIA; and FEVER. It is usually related to infections in the URINARY TRACT, which likely spread to the EPIDIDYMIS through either the VAS DEFERENS or the lymphatics of the SPERMATIC CORD. Epididymitides
D005834 Genital Neoplasms, Male Tumor or cancer of the MALE GENITALIA. Male Genital Neoplasms,Neoplasms, Male Genital,Genital Neoplasm, Male,Male Genital Neoplasm,Neoplasm, Male Genital
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D006848 Testicular Hydrocele Accumulation of serous fluid between the layers of membrane (tunica vaginalis) covering the TESTIS in the SCROTUM. Scrotal Hydrocele,Vaginal Hydrocele,Hydrocele, Scrotal,Hydrocele, Testicular,Hydrocele, Vaginal,Hydroceles, Scrotal,Hydroceles, Testicular,Hydroceles, Vaginal,Scrotal Hydroceles,Testicular Hydroceles,Vaginal Hydroceles
D000368 Aged A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available. Elderly
D000995 Antitubercular Agents Drugs used in the treatment of tuberculosis. They are divided into two main classes: "first-line" agents, those with the greatest efficacy and acceptable degrees of toxicity used successfully in the great majority of cases; and "second-line" drugs used in drug-resistant cases or those in which some other patient-related condition has compromised the effectiveness of primary therapy. Anti-Tuberculosis Agent,Anti-Tuberculosis Agents,Anti-Tuberculosis Drug,Anti-Tuberculosis Drugs,Antitubercular Agent,Antitubercular Drug,Tuberculostatic Agent,Tuberculostatic Agents,Antitubercular Drugs,Agent, Anti-Tuberculosis,Agent, Antitubercular,Agent, Tuberculostatic,Anti Tuberculosis Agent,Anti Tuberculosis Agents,Anti Tuberculosis Drug,Anti Tuberculosis Drugs,Drug, Anti-Tuberculosis,Drug, Antitubercular

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