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Tuberculoma Arising in the Inguinal Portion of the Spermatic Cord: A Case Report
Author(s) -
Yamasaki Sho,
Sugita Osamu,
Tanimura Masanobu,
Morioka Masaaki
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
international journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.172
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1442-2042
pISSN - 0919-8172
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-2042.1996.tb00589.x
Subject(s) - medicine , spermatic cord , tuberculoma , asymptomatic , lesion , scrotum , cord , frozen section procedure , surgery , tuberculosis , pathology
A 50‐year‐old man was treated with excisional surgery for an asymptomatic inguinal Spermatic cord mass. The lesion was proved to be tuberculous, and there was no apparent coexisting active disease elsewhere in the body. In addition to an intraoperative frozen‐section examination, clinical findings of a strongly positive tuberculin skin test and normal erythrocyte sedimentation rate are considered to be helpful in establishing the diagnosis of a tuberculoma arising in either the scrotal or inguinal position.