Different presentation types of primary Brucella epididimo-orchitis
Author(s) -
Hüseyi̇n Aydemi̇r,
Gokcen Budak,
Salih Budak,
Orçun Çelik,
Okan Nabi Yalbuzdağ,
İbrahim Keleş
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
archivio italiano di urologia e andrologia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.429
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 2282-4197
pISSN - 1124-3562
DOI - 10.4081/aiua.2015.2.151
Subject(s) - orchitis , brucellosis , medicine , brucella , scrotum , presentation (obstetrics) , dermatology , disease , pathology , immunology , surgery
Brucellosis is a zoonotic disease that involved genitourinary system in 2-20% and most commonly cause single sided epididymo-orchitis. In our country Brucella is an endemic disease and causes serious and different diagnosis of acute scrotum and epididymo-orchitis. In this paper six cases of epididymo-orchitis cases which were resistant to classical treatment were discussed according to clinical and laboratory findings. We describe different types of presentation of Brucella epididymo-orchitis with diagnosis and treatment modalities.
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