[Calcification of the tunica vaginalis testis].
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.
Amorone Leiva
Jose Luis
JL
Servicio de Urología, Hospital Zonal General de Agudos Mariano y Luciano de la Vega, Moreno, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Puscinski
Alberto J
AJ
Gallego
Daniel
D
Cozzani
Ricardo
R
D000368:Aged; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013733:Testicular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*