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Tuberculous Epidididymoorchitis: A Case Report

Tüberküloz Epididimoorşit: Olgu Sunumu

Esat Kaan Akbay(S.B. Tepecik Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, Üroloji Kliniği, İzmir)
Ülkü Küçük(S.B. Tepecik Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, Patoloji Laboratuvarı, İzmir)
Fırat Akdeniz(S.B. Tepecik Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, Üroloji Kliniği, İzmir)
Emel Ebru Pala(S.B. Tepecik Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, Patoloji Laboratuvarı, İzmir)
Gökhan Koç(S.B. Tepecik Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, Üroloji Kliniği, İzmir)
Ümit Bayol(S.B. Tepecik Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, Patoloji Laboratuvarı, İzmir)
Yüksel Yılmaz(S.B. Tepecik Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, Üroloji Kliniği, İzmir)
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2011-05-01
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In this article, 31 –year- old patient is presented, who admitted to our hospital with complaints of scrotal swelling, orchiectomy was performed due to tumor suspicion after examination and diagnosed the granulomatous epididymoorchitis in pathological examination

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Objective & Hypothesis:Mycobacterium tuberculosis is frequent cause of granulomatous orchitis.
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Key Findings & Data:Infection may contaminate the testis directly from epididymis or hematogenous.
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Abstract

Mycobacterium tuberculosis is frequent cause of granulomatous orchitis. Infection may contaminate the testis directly from epididymis or hematogenous. In this article, 31 –year- old patient is presented, who admitted to our hospital with complaints of scrotal swelling, orchiectomy was performed due to tumor suspicion after examination and diagnosed the granulomatous epididymoorchitis in pathological examination

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Mycobacterium Tuberkülozis; granulomatöz orşitin sık nedenlerinden birisidir. Enfeksiyon testise ya epididimden direkt yayılımla ya da kan yoluyla gelir. Burada 31 yaşında, skrotal şişlik şikayeti ile hastanemize başvuran, yapılan tetkikler sonrası tümör şüphesi ile orşiektomi yapılan ve patolojik incelemede kazeifiye granulomatöz epididimoorşit tanısı alan hasta sunulmaktadır

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Akbay, E. K., Küçük, Ü., Akdeniz, F., Pala, E. E., Koç, G., Bayol, Ü., Yılmaz, Y. (2011). Tuberculous Epidididymoorchitis: A Case Report. Yeni Üroloji Dergisi, Volume: 6 Issue: 2. https://ajindex.com/articles/1315613

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