title: Gonadal brucellar abscess: imaging and clinical findings in 3 cases and review of the literature.
abstract: We report the cases of 3 patients with brucellar gonadal abscess who were examined with gray-scale and color Doppler sonography. In these 3 cases, sonography revealed a thick-walled avarian (n = 2) or testicular (n = 1) abscess. Duplex Doppler sonography indicated a low-resistance type of flow in all 3 patients. The diagnosis of brucellar gonadal abscess is difficult, because it may have a misleading tumor-like appearance. Awareness of the imaging findings of gonadal abscess in patients with brucellosis and correlation with the results of serologic testing can allow early diagnosis, especially in endemic areas.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Başkent University, 01250 Yuregir, Adana, Turkey.
authors.forename: Zafer
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Koc
authors.forename: Tuba
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Turunc
authors.forename: Can
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Boga
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy; D000328:Adult; D000740:Anemia / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology; D001799:Blood Sedimentation; D002002:Brucella / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006058:Gonadal Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy; D006400:Hematocrit; D006801:Humans; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D008297:Male; D010049:Ovarian Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy; D010053:Ovary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery; D013737:Testis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color / Q000379:methods; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional / Q000379:methods*