Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Thogari, Kiran
• Tewari, Mallika
• Mahendran, R.
• Shukla, H. S.

Titel

Tuberculosis Mimicking as Carcinoma Testis in a Young Patient

Ist Teil von

• Indian journal of surgery, 2019-10, Vol.81 (5), p.494-495

Ort / Verlag

New Delhi: Springer India

Erscheinungsjahr

2019

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Tuberculosis presents a global threat in both developing and developed countries. Genitourinary tuberculosis is a form of extrapulmonary tuberculosis that occurs in kidney, ureters, seminal vesicles, prostate, testis, vas deferens, and epididymis. Here, we discuss a case of tuberculosis testis mimicking as carcinoma testis in a 36-year-old male patient who presented with testicular swelling with FNAC report showing germ cell tumor, normal tumor markers, and an equivocal PET scan. A high inguinal orchidectomy revealed necrotizing granulomatous epididymo-orchitis favoring tuberculosis, which was confirmed by PCR. The rarity of this presentation makes the findings important to report.