[Brucellar orchitis. Report of a series of 16 cases].
A retrospective study of orchiepididymitis, diagnosed and admitted to our Unit over the 1989-94 period was conducted. there were 125 orchiepididymitis, of which 16 (12.8%) had a brucellar etiology, and three had simultaneously become abscessified (18.75%). Considering that our working area is located within an endemic region, and even more, our province has the country's highest incidence rate (112.8/100000 inh.), this prompted us to study the conditions' morbidity in the testicular location, while we make a superficial revision of this disease. Brucellar orchitis is a diagnostic option to be taken into account in endemic regions, and the clinical picture associated to the orchiepididymal process should make us suspect its diagnosis and trigger follow-up of these patients.
Guinda Sevillano
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Servicio de Urología, Hospital General del Insalud, Soria.
Arévalo Velasco
J M
JM
Pérez Arbej
J A
JA
Armáiz Esteban
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F
Martínez Pérez
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E
Nogueras Gimeno
M A
MA
Espuela Orgaz
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R
Ulla Anes
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M
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009920:Orchitis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies
Orquitis brucelar. Aportación de una serie de 16 casos.