Stony testicle: Case of calcific granulomatous orchitis

Stony testicle: Case of calcific granulomatous orchitis

A thirty-three-year-old man presented with a hard testicular mass considered preoperatively to be a malignant testicular tumor. Frozen section revealed calcific granulomatous orchids, which does not appear to have been previously described in man. Granulomatous orchitis is an important differential...

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Veröffentlicht in:Urology (Ridgewood, N.J.) N.J.), 1988-04, Vol.31 (4), p.346-348
Hauptverfasser: Heyderman, Eadie, O'Donnell, P.J., Lloyd-Davies, R.W.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adult
Calcinosis - pathology
Diagnosis, Differential
Granuloma - pathology
Humans
Male
Orchitis - pathology
Testicular Neoplasms - diagnosis
Testis - pathology
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Zusammenfassung:A thirty-three-year-old man presented with a hard testicular mass considered preoperatively to be a malignant testicular tumor. Frozen section revealed calcific granulomatous orchids, which does not appear to have been previously described in man. Granulomatous orchitis is an important differential diagnosis of testicular lesions. The hard nature of this particular lesion contributed to the preoperative diagnosis of malignancy.
ISSN:0090-4295
1527-9995
DOI:10.1016/0090-4295(88)90099-4