Nonhealing scrotal ulceration—an unusual manifestation of TB epididymo‐orchitis: case report and review of literature

The clinical presentation of genitourinary tuberculosis (TB) may be variable and a high index of suspicion is required for a timely diagnosis, especially in endemic areas. Recurrent scrotal ulcers associated with epididymo‐orchitis even without other constitutional symptoms should alert the clinicia...

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Autores principales: Jayarajah, Umesh, Gnanaselvam, Pamathy, Sivaganesh, Sivasuriya
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2017
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5771871/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29375854
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.1313
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author Jayarajah, Umesh
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description The clinical presentation of genitourinary tuberculosis (TB) may be variable and a high index of suspicion is required for a timely diagnosis, especially in endemic areas. Recurrent scrotal ulcers associated with epididymo‐orchitis even without other constitutional symptoms should alert the clinician of a possible diagnosis of TB.
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spelling pubmed-57718712018-01-26 Nonhealing scrotal ulceration—an unusual manifestation of TB epididymo‐orchitis: case report and review of literature Jayarajah, Umesh Gnanaselvam, Pamathy Sivaganesh, Sivasuriya Clin Case Rep Case Reports The clinical presentation of genitourinary tuberculosis (TB) may be variable and a high index of suspicion is required for a timely diagnosis, especially in endemic areas. Recurrent scrotal ulcers associated with epididymo‐orchitis even without other constitutional symptoms should alert the clinician of a possible diagnosis of TB. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2017-12-05 /pmc/articles/PMC5771871/ /pubmed/29375854 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.1313 Text en © 2017 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Nonhealing scrotal ulceration—an unusual manifestation of TB epididymo‐orchitis: case report and review of literature
title Nonhealing scrotal ulceration—an unusual manifestation of TB epididymo‐orchitis: case report and review of literature
title_full Nonhealing scrotal ulceration—an unusual manifestation of TB epididymo‐orchitis: case report and review of literature
title_fullStr Nonhealing scrotal ulceration—an unusual manifestation of TB epididymo‐orchitis: case report and review of literature
title_full_unstemmed Nonhealing scrotal ulceration—an unusual manifestation of TB epididymo‐orchitis: case report and review of literature
title_short Nonhealing scrotal ulceration—an unusual manifestation of TB epididymo‐orchitis: case report and review of literature
title_sort nonhealing scrotal ulceration—an unusual manifestation of tb epididymo‐orchitis: case report and review of literature
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