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Testicular Sarcoidosis: An Underdiagnosed Manifestation That Poses Unique Challenges
Testicular involvement is a rarely encountered complication of sarcoidosis. There are unique challenges involved when sarcoidosis affects the genitourinary system. These include differentiating the findings from testicular cancer, which often results in invasive procedures such as orchiectomies. It...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9199564/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35720788 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.25942 |
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author | Choksi, Ujval S Singh, Gurdeep |
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description | Testicular involvement is a rarely encountered complication of sarcoidosis. There are unique challenges involved when sarcoidosis affects the genitourinary system. These include differentiating the findings from testicular cancer, which often results in invasive procedures such as orchiectomies. It can also be a cause of secondary infertility in men. Additionally, it may also be underdiagnosed. Here, we describe a case where a patient showed a constellation of findings suggestive of sarcoidosis, along with testicular involvement at initial presentation. In this case, the diagnosis was made clinically with supporting laboratory, pathology, and ultrasound findings. The testicular findings were not biopsied, as the patient had easily accessible skin findings to confirm sarcoidosis. His testicular findings are continued to be monitored via ultrasound. |
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spelling | pubmed-91995642022-06-16 Testicular Sarcoidosis: An Underdiagnosed Manifestation That Poses Unique Challenges Choksi, Ujval S Singh, Gurdeep Cureus Dermatology Testicular involvement is a rarely encountered complication of sarcoidosis. There are unique challenges involved when sarcoidosis affects the genitourinary system. These include differentiating the findings from testicular cancer, which often results in invasive procedures such as orchiectomies. It can also be a cause of secondary infertility in men. Additionally, it may also be underdiagnosed. Here, we describe a case where a patient showed a constellation of findings suggestive of sarcoidosis, along with testicular involvement at initial presentation. In this case, the diagnosis was made clinically with supporting laboratory, pathology, and ultrasound findings. The testicular findings were not biopsied, as the patient had easily accessible skin findings to confirm sarcoidosis. His testicular findings are continued to be monitored via ultrasound. Cureus 2022-06-14 /pmc/articles/PMC9199564/ /pubmed/35720788 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.25942 Text en Copyright © 2022, Choksi et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Dermatology Choksi, Ujval S Singh, Gurdeep Testicular Sarcoidosis: An Underdiagnosed Manifestation That Poses Unique Challenges |
title | Testicular Sarcoidosis: An Underdiagnosed Manifestation That Poses Unique Challenges |
title_full | Testicular Sarcoidosis: An Underdiagnosed Manifestation That Poses Unique Challenges |
title_fullStr | Testicular Sarcoidosis: An Underdiagnosed Manifestation That Poses Unique Challenges |
title_full_unstemmed | Testicular Sarcoidosis: An Underdiagnosed Manifestation That Poses Unique Challenges |
title_short | Testicular Sarcoidosis: An Underdiagnosed Manifestation That Poses Unique Challenges |
title_sort | testicular sarcoidosis: an underdiagnosed manifestation that poses unique challenges |
topic | Dermatology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9199564/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35720788 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.25942 |
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