Tuberculosis miliar y orquiepididimitis tuberculosa en un paciente inmunocompetente: reporte de caso

Translated title of the contribution: Military tuberculosis and tuberculosis orchidepidimitis in an immunocompetent patient: Case report

Lizeth Pardo, Carolina Guitierrez, Jorge Alberto Carrillo Bayona, Fernando Polo Nieto

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Abstract

Genitourinary tuberculosis is the second most common form of extrapulmonary tuberculosis after lymph node involvement; tuberculous epididymitis preferentially affects patients between the ages of 30 and 50 years, and at least 70% have a previous history of pulmonary tuberculosis, tuberculous infection scrotum is rare and occurs in approximately 7% of patients with tuberculosis by direct extension from the epididymis, posing problems of differential diagnosis with more aggressive processes such as testicular tumors. We report the case of a 23-year-old man with a testicular mass that emulated being of neoplastic origin, taken to unilateral orchidectomy. The pathology describes necrosis and caseification granulomas, conclusive for tuberculous orchiepididymitis, an immunocompetent patient with no previous history of tuberculosis.

Translated title of the contributionMilitary tuberculosis and tuberculosis orchidepidimitis in an immunocompetent patient: Case report
Original languageSpanish
Pages (from-to)47-50
Number of pages4
JournalUrologia Colombiana
Volume28
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2019
Externally publishedYes

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