Talc granuloma presenting as a testicular mass.
A case of a benign talc granuloma in a 3-year-old boy is reported. Surgical wound contamination with various lubricant dusts from surgeons' gloves and resultant granuloma formation is a well known phenomenon. However, there are few reported cases of peritesticular masses owing to talc granulomas.
D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005549:Foreign-Body Reaction / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005832:Genital Diseases, Male / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D006099:Granuloma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012611:Scrotum / Q000473:pathology; D013627:Talc / Q000009:adverse effects*
D013627:Talc