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Orchioepididymitis Tuberculosis in Limited Setting: A Case Report and Brief Literature Review
Author(s) -
Heru Sutanto Koerniawan,
Wayan Yudiana,
I Made Bayu Indratama,
Novitasari Novitasari,
Yofatifa Ramandey
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
open access macedonian journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.288
H-Index - 17
ISSN - 1857-9655
DOI - 10.3889/oamjms.2020.5460
Subject(s) - medicine , tuberculosis , extrapulmonary tuberculosis , scrotum , pathological , testicular tumor , surgery , pathology , mycobacterium tuberculosis
BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major global health concern and highly prevalent in Indonesia. Extrapulmonary TB presents a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. Clinically, orchioepididymitis TB of the scrotum often cannot be distinguished from lesions such as tumor and infarction, especially in apparently healthy patients. CASE REPORT: We present a rare case of unilateral orchioepididymitis TB which present as a testicular tumor resulted in the removal of the testis. CONCLUSION: The pathological finding revealed orchioepididymitis TB.

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