Orchioepididymitis Tuberculosis in Limited Setting: A Case Report and Brief Literature Review

Heru Sutanto Koerniawan, Wayan Yudiana, I Made Bayu Indratama, Novitasari Novitasari, Yofatifa Ramandey
2020 Open Access Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences  
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.
doi:10.3889/oamjms.2020.5460 fatcat:2ieko53o7jd5jiswv2h5hzlwti