[Syphilitic orchitis: a case report].
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.
Nakano
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Y
Department of Urology, Shinsuma Hospital.
Chokyu
H
H
Inaba
Y
Y
Harada
M
M
Gotoh
A
A
Maeda
S
S
D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009920:Orchitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery; D013587:Syphilis