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Segmental testicular infarction due to cholesterol embolism: Not the first case, but the first report
Author(s) -
Adachi Shiro,
Tsutahara Kohichi,
Kinoshita Tatsuya,
Hatano Koji,
Kinouchi Toshio,
Kobayashi Masao,
Inoue Hitoshi,
Takada Tsuyoshi,
Hara Tsuneo,
Yamaguchi Seiji
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
pathology international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.73
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1440-1827
pISSN - 1320-5463
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1827.2008.02304.x
Subject(s) - medicine , infarction , embolism , orchiectomy , myocardial infarction , lesion , testicular torsion , pathology , cardiology , radiology , surgery
Segmental infarction of the testis represents a rare entity in that there have been fewer than 40 cases documented in the literature. Like global infarction, segmental infarction of the testis can masquerade as a mass lesion or torsion of the testis. Reported herein is a very rare case of segmental testicular infarction due to atheroembolism in a 58‐year‐old man. The patient presented with severe left testicular pain and underwent left high orchiectomy on the clinical diagnosis of testicular torsion. The testis had a segmental hemorrhagic necrosis around which many cholesterol emboli were observed. This is the first report to describe cholesterol embolism‐associated segmental testicular infarction.