Painful testicular swelling: an unusual localization of sarcoidosis

Painful testicular swelling: an unusual localization of sarcoidosis

Sarcoidosis is a systemic inflammatory disease characterized by non-caseating epitheloid granulomas; whereas it usually involves the lungs and lymph nodes. Testicular sarcoidosis is extremely rare, having been reported to occur in 0.2% of all sarcoidosis patients. We describe a very unusual form of...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Pan African medical journal 2020-07, Vol.36 (222), p.222
Hauptverfasser: Bouytse, Karima, Haddaoui, Hanane, Benamour, Jouda, Bourkadi, Jamal-Eddine
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Case Report
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Pain - etiology
sarcoidosis
Sarcoidosis - diagnosis
Sarcoidosis - pathology
scrotal mass
Testicular Diseases - diagnosis
Testicular Diseases - pathology
Testicular Neoplasms - diagnosis
testis
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Zusammenfassung:Sarcoidosis is a systemic inflammatory disease characterized by non-caseating epitheloid granulomas; whereas it usually involves the lungs and lymph nodes. Testicular sarcoidosis is extremely rare, having been reported to occur in 0.2% of all sarcoidosis patients. We describe a very unusual form of sarcoidosis of the testis, mimicking malignancy at initial presentation.
ISSN:1937-8688
1937-8688
DOI:10.11604/pamj.2020.36.222.24749