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Epididymal Tuberculosis: An Unusual Presentation
Author(s) -
Raghavaiah N. V.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1974.tb06411.x
Subject(s) - medicine , presentation (obstetrics) , primary tuberculosis , tuberculosis , abscess , nodule (geology) , sinus (botany) , surgery , general surgery , pathology , paleontology , botany , biology , genus
Primary epididymal tuberculosis is not common. It presents as a nodule, as a cold abscess, or as a scrotal sinus. Its presentation as a cold abscess in the suprapubic region is extremely unusual, and for this reason the present case is reported.