[Isolated vasculitis of the spermatic cord].
The authors report a case of isolated spermatic cord vasculitis associated with testicular infarct in a 75-year-old man. No clinical symptoms or serological markers of a systemic disease were found. This is a rare disease which cannot be diagnosed without histological examination and which requires follow-up because of a risk of progression to autoimmune disease.
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Service d'Anatomie et Cytologie Pathologiques, Centre Hospitalier, Saint-Quentin.
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Turblin
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D000368:Aged; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D018450:Disease Progression; D005832:Genital Diseases, Male / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007238:Infarction / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D013085:Spermatic Cord / Q000473:pathology*; D013733:Testicular Diseases / Q000150:complications; D013737:Testis / Q000098:blood supply; D014657:Vasculitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*