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Testicular Polyarteritis Nodosa Mimicking Testicular Neoplasm
Author(s) -
Gökhan Atış,
Omer Faruk Memis,
Hasan Samet Güngör,
Ozgur Arıkan,
Yeşim Sağlıcan,
Turhan Çaşkurlu
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
the scientific world journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.453
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 2356-6140
pISSN - 1537-744X
DOI - 10.1100/tsw.2010.194
Subject(s) - polyarteritis nodosa , medicine , necrotizing vasculitis , pathology , systemic vasculitis , vasculitis , disease
Polyarteritis nodosa (PAN) presents mostly as a systemic disease characterized by necrotizing vasculitis affecting small- and medium-sized arteries. Rarely, the inflammatory process is isolated and involves a single organ without systemic manifestations. We described the case of a 57-year-old patient with isolated testicular PAN who presented with a testicular mass mimicking a primary testicular tumor.

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