title: [Orchiectomy for tuberculous epididymitis: a report of two cases with intractable to antituberculosis treatment].
abstract: This paper describes two cases with tuberculous epididymitis. The first case was a 69-year-old man who was admitted to our hospital because of ulceration or right scrotum. Physical examination revealed a hard, rounded, a little bigger than egg-sized mass in the right scrotum. The second case was a 40-year-old man who was admitted to our hospital because of cough, fever and body weight loss. He was treated for pulmonary tuberculosis with isoniazid, rifampicin, streptomycin and pyrazinamide. Six months after admission, he complained of a painless swelling of the right scrotum. Physical examination revealed a hard, rounded, more than egg-sized mass in the right scrotum. Right orchiectomy was performed in these two cases, and they were cured.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, National Sanyo Hospital, 685, Higashi-Kiwa, Ube-shi, Yamaguchi 755-0241, Japan.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kunichika
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Murakami
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Makihata
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takao
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chikamori
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Aoe
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Miyahara
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Maeda
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Eda
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takeyama
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004823:Epididymitis / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009919:Orchiectomy; D014389:Tuberculosis, Male Genital / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy