Unilateral testicular tuberculosis: case report

Unilateral testicular tuberculosis: case report

Summary Genitourinary tuberculosis (GT) includes 8–15% of extrapulmonary tuberculosis (TB), which is more frequent in men. Epididymides, seminal vesicles, prostate and testis are the most common sites of GT. Although testicular TB is uncommon, we report 2 patients with unilateral testicular TB. The...

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Veröffentlicht in:Andrologia 2012-02, Vol.44 (1), p.70-72
Hauptverfasser: Hadadi, A., Pourmand, G., Mehdipour‐Aghabagher, B.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Antitubercular Agents - therapeutic use
Case reports
Diagnosis
epidemiology
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Mycobacterium
Prostate
Seminal vesicle
Surgery
Testes
Testicular Diseases - diagnosis
Testicular Diseases - drug therapy
testis
Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis, Male Genital - diagnosis
Tuberculosis, Male Genital - drug therapy
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Zusammenfassung:Summary Genitourinary tuberculosis (GT) includes 8–15% of extrapulmonary tuberculosis (TB), which is more frequent in men. Epididymides, seminal vesicles, prostate and testis are the most common sites of GT. Although testicular TB is uncommon, we report 2 patients with unilateral testicular TB. The main treatment of urogenital tuberculosis is anti‐tuberculosis pharmacotherapy, sometimes combined with surgery.
ISSN:0303-4569
1439-0272
DOI:10.1111/j.1439-0272.2010.01097.x