[Asymptomatic synchronous bilateral granulomatous orchitis--a case report]. 1994

E Okajima, and M Cho, and Y Maruyama
Department of Urology, Matsusaka-chuo-sogo Hospital.

A case of asymptomatic synchronous bilateral granulomatous orchitis in a 79-year-old male patient is described. He was diagnosed with asymptomatic microhematuria, and referred to our outpatient clinic. In the physiological examination, there were stone-hard indurations in his bilateral testes. There were multiple hypoechoic areas in the scrotal ultrasonography. Bilateral testicular tumor was suspected. However, histological findings after bilateral orchidectomy revealed granulomatous orchitis. Abdominal computed tomography revealed swelling of the paraaortic lymph nodes postoperatively. However no malignant origin was detected. Differential diagnosis between testicular tumor and granulomatous orchitis is very difficult in any examination except by histological findings. Conservative therapy is usually not effective, and most cases are treated by orchidectomy. Bilateral cases of this entity are relatively rare, but in young cases, it is necessary to distinguish the granulomatous orchitis from the testicular tumor before surgical intervention.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D009920 Orchitis Inflammation of a TESTIS. It has many features of EPIDIDYMITIS, such as swollen SCROTUM; PAIN; PYURIA; and FEVER. It is usually related to infections in the URINARY TRACT, which likely spread to the EPIDIDYMIS and then the TESTIS through either the VAS DEFERENS or the lymphatics of the SPERMATIC CORD. Orchitides
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
D006099 Granuloma A relatively small nodular inflammatory lesion containing grouped mononuclear phagocytes, caused by infectious and noninfectious agents. Granulomas
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000368 Aged A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available. Elderly
D013736 Testicular Neoplasms Tumors or cancer of the TESTIS. Germ cell tumors (GERMINOMA) of the testis constitute 95% of all testicular neoplasms. Cancer of Testis,Cancer of the Testes,Testicular Cancer,Testicular Neoplasm,Testicular Tumor,Testis Cancer,Cancer of the Testis,Neoplasms, Testicular,Neoplasms, Testis,Testicular Tumors,Testis Neoplasms,Tumor of Rete Testis,Cancer, Testicular,Cancer, Testis,Cancers, Testicular,Cancers, Testis,Neoplasm, Testicular,Neoplasm, Testis,Rete Testis Tumor,Rete Testis Tumors,Testicular Cancers,Testis Cancers,Testis Neoplasm,Testis Tumor, Rete,Testis Tumors, Rete,Tumor, Testicular,Tumors, Testicular

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