title: [A case of spermatic cord tuberculosis].
abstract: A 47-year-old man visited our hospital with a complaint of a right intrascrotal mass. The results of a laboratory examination were unremarkable. An ultrasonographic examination of the right scrotum demonstrated a low echoic legion, 2.5 x 1.3 x 0.7 cm in diameter. A right spermatic cord tumor was diagnosed. Right high orchiectomy was performed. Microscopic examination showed a granulomatous lesion with Langhans large cells. Tuberculin skin test was strongly positive. From these findings we diagnosed the patient with tuberculosis in the spermatic cord.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical School.
authors.forename: Atsushi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yoshinaga
authors.forename: Nobutaka
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ichiyanagi
authors.forename: Rena
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ohno
authors.forename: Nobuyuki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ishii
authors.forename: Koji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chiba
authors.forename: Shigeyoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kamata
authors.forename: Toru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Takumi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamada
mesh_terms: D005832:Genital Diseases, Male / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013085:Spermatic Cord / Q000473:pathology; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014374:Tuberculin Test; D014401:Tuberculosis, Urogenital / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D018608:Ultrasonography, Doppler