title: [Testicular abscess: a manifestation of tuberculosis].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Presenting 3 cases of tuberculous epididymo-orchitis not very frequent presentation without renal or pulmonary involvement.
  
  
  RESULTS
  3 old males of 65 years went for increase of scrotal volume, pain, fluctuation, and pyocele. 2/3 cases had antecedents urologic, any had pulmonary or renal antecedents. In the 3 cases there was necessity of practicing trans-scrotal orchiectomy, since they went later. The urine cultures, excretory urogram and chest films were normals.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In the patients that they got scrotal abscess or fistulous tract, should discard tuberculosis.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Urología, Clínica y Hospital de Especialidades de Occidente, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala.
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Granados Loarca
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013733:Testicular Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D014401:Tuberculosis, Urogenital / Q000150:complications*
vernacular_title: Absceso testicular: una manifestación de la tuberculosis.