Constrictive albuginitis: report of 3 cases.
Three sterile patients with constrictive albuginitis are described. The most common presenting symptom is a long duration of scrotal pain and the testicles are small and firm. Testicular biopsy is characterized by peritubular fibrosis. Spermatogenesis may be complete but the cells are degenerated. The condition is bilateral. At operation the tunica albuginea is thick, yellowish and rigid and, microscopically, it shows excessive fibrosis and hyalinosis. Sterility is related to the constrictive effect of the tunica albuginea. Treatment by decompression albugineotomy was successful in 2 patients. The benefits derived from the operation are discussed. A primary degenerative process of the tunica albuginea is suggested as causal.
D000328:Adult; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D006801:Humans; D007248:Infertility, Male / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D009920:Orchitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D013737:Testis / Q000601:surgery