Acute epididymitis revealing isolated testicular tuberculosis: A rare case report
Ahmed Jdaini, Hammou El Farhaoui, Mohamed Irzi, Nadir Miry, Amal Bennani, Ali Barki
Urology Case Reports · 2023-05
Abstract
Genitourinary tuberculosis is a rare form of extrapulmonary tuberculosis that affects the kidneys, ureters, prostate, vas deferens, seminal vesicles, testes, and epididymis. Testicular tuberculosis is a very unusual form, We report a rare case of unilateral testicular tuberculosis that manifested as orchi-epididymitis. The main treatment for urogenital tuberculosis is antituberculosis therapy, possibly combined with surgery.
MeSH terms
- Epididymitis
- Medicine
- Epididymis
- Tuberculosis
- Genitourinary system
- Vas deferens
- Urogenital tuberculosis
- Vasectomy
- Extrapulmonary tuberculosis
- Urology
- Surgery