title: [Calcification of the tunica vaginalis testis].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe a case of calcification of the tunica vaginalis testis.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 66-year-old patient with right hydrocele and superficial carcinoma of the bladder who underwent TUR and was treated with mitomycin prophylactic instillations, is described. The patient presented a bulbar urethral stricture. A retrograde urethrogram demonstrated calcification of the tunica vaginalis testis. An ultrasound scan confirmed the diagnosis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The surgical and histopathological findings confirmed the diagnosis of hydrocele with calcification of the tunica vaginalis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Calcification of the tunica vaginalis testis is uncommon. It is therefore difficult to make the preoperative diagnosis, although radiological and ultrasound evaluation can be useful. The histopathological analysis confirmed the nature of the lesion in the case described herein.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Urología, Hospital Zonal General de Agudos Mariano y Luciano de la Vega, Moreno, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors.forename: Jose Luis
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Amorone Leiva
authors.forename: Alberto J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Puscinski
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gallego
authors.forename: Ricardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cozzani
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013733:Testicular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*