title: [Syphilitic orchitis: a case report].
abstract: Syphilitic orchitis is recently a rare disease in Japan. A 75-year-old man was referred to our hospital with the complaint of persistent swelling of the left scrotal contents in spite of prior antibiotic therapy. We suspected a testicular tumor because of lack of pain, and performed high orchiectomy. The specimen showed wide-ranged necrosis with a non-specific inflammatory change of the testis on hematoxylin-eosin stain. After performing analysis using a polymerase chain reaction method, we reached the final diagnosis of syphilitic orchitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Shinsuma Hospital.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakano
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chokyu
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Inaba
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Harada
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gotoh
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Maeda
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009920:Orchitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery; D013587:Syphilis