Syphilitic orchitis : a case report

Tertiary syphilis is recently a rare disease in Japan. In this paper, we report a rare case of syphilitic orchitis. The patient was in his early forties. The left scrotal contents were swelling and a low echoic nodule measuring about 30 mm in diameter was detected on ultrasonography. Serum alpha fet...

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Veröffentlicht in:Hinyokika kiyo. Acta urologica Japonica. - 1962. - 58(2012), 1 vom: 07. Jan., Seite 53-5
1. Verfasser: Sekita, Nobuyuki (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Nishikawa, Rika, Fujimura, Masaaki, Sugano, Isamu, Mikami, Kazuo
Format: Aufsatz
Sprache:Japanese
Veröffentlicht: 2012
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Hinyokika kiyo. Acta urologica Japonica
Schlagworte:Case Reports English Abstract Journal Article Review
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Zusammenfassung:Tertiary syphilis is recently a rare disease in Japan. In this paper, we report a rare case of syphilitic orchitis. The patient was in his early forties. The left scrotal contents were swelling and a low echoic nodule measuring about 30 mm in diameter was detected on ultrasonography. Serum alpha fetoprotein, lactate dehydrogenase, and beta subunit of human chorionic gonadotropin were within the normal range, whereas Treponema pallidum hemagglutination assay and rapid plasma reagin were strongly positive. High orchiectomy was performed for suspicion of testicular tumor. Histological findings showed the non-specific inflammatory granuloma with lympho-plasmatic infiltration. It was diagnosed as granulomatous inflammation of left testis caused by syphilis
Beschreibung:Date Completed 10.04.2012
Date Revised 20.02.2012
published: Print
Citation Status MEDLINE
ISSN:0018-1994