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Tuberculosis of the Spermatic Cord: Case Report()

The spermatic cord tuberculoma is uncommon, especially in its lower portion. Most cases were described in Japanese literature. We report a case of tuberculosis of the spermatic cord in a sexually active young man, revealed by a scrotal mass mimicking a tumor of the testicle and discuss the suitable...

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Autores principales: Benjelloun, Amine, Elktaibi, Abderrahim, Elharrech, Younes, Touiti, Driss, Ghoundale, Omar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4782101/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26958480
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eucr.2014.06.006
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Sumario:The spermatic cord tuberculoma is uncommon, especially in its lower portion. Most cases were described in Japanese literature. We report a case of tuberculosis of the spermatic cord in a sexually active young man, revealed by a scrotal mass mimicking a tumor of the testicle and discuss the suitable diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, with preservation of the testes and the other sexual organs.