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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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