[Idiopathic granulomatous orchitis: pathologic study of one case]
Links [Idiopathic granulomatous orchitis: pathologic study of one case] [Article in Spanish] Martinez-Rodriguez M, Navarro Fos S, Soriano Sarrio P, Alcala-Santaella Casanova C, Ramos Soler D, Llombart Bosch AArch Esp Urol. 2006 Sep;59(7):725-7. Links [Idiopathic granulomatous orchitis: pathologic study of one case] [Article in Spanish] Martinez-Rodriguez M, Navarro Fos S, Soriano Sarrio P, Alcala-Santaella Casanova C, Ramos Soler D, Llombart Bosch A. Departamento de Anatomia Potologica Hospital Clinico Universitario de Valencia, Valencia, Espana. miguelmartinez@comv.es OBJECTIVE: To report one case of idiopathic granulomatous orchitis, an extremely rare disease, in a 76-year-old patient. METHODS/RESULTS: The pathology department received a testicle with the clinical/radiological diagnosis of testicular tumor. The pathologic study showed absence of neoplasias and presence of morphological findings compatible with idiopathic granulomatous orchitis. CONCLUSIONS: The idiopathic granulomatous orchitis is an entity of unknown etiology, clinically or ultrasonographically not distinguishable from testicular neoplasias, the diagnosis of which is made after orchiectomy. PMID: 17078397 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] Related Links [A case report of granulomatous orchitis--review of 20 cases in Japan] [Nippon Hinyokika Gakkai Zasshi. 2001] PMID: 11235140 Granulomatous orchitis and spermatic granuloma. [Int Urol Nephrol. 1975] PMID: 1184304 Bilateral synchronous granulomatous orchitis: gray-scale and colour Doppler sonographic findings. [Eur J Radiol. 1999] PMID: 10566522 [A rare case of bilateral granulomatous orchitis] [Minerva Urol Nefrol. 1989] PMID: 2631275 [Idiopathic granulomatous orchitis] [Actas Urol Esp. 1993] PMID: 8452084 See all Related Articles... Display Summary Brief Abstract AbstractPlus Citation MEDLINE XML UI List LinkOut ASN.1 Related Articles Cited Articles Cited in Books CancerChrom Links Domain Links 3D Domain Links GEO DataSet Links Gene Links Gene (GeneRIF) Links Genome Links Project Links GENSAT Links GEO Profile Links HomoloGene Links Nucleotide Links Nucleotide (RefSeq) Links OMIA Links OMIM (calculated) Links OMIM (cited) Links BioAssay Links Compound Links Compound via MeSH Substance Links Substance via MeSH PMC Links Cited in PMC PopSet Links Probe Links Protein Links Protein (RefSeq) Links SNP Links Structure Links Taxonomy via GenBank UniGene Links UniSTS Links Show 5 10 20 50 100 200 500 Sort by Pub Date First Author Last Author Journal Send to Text File Printer Clipboard E-mail Order .
Departamento de Anatomia Potologica Hospital Clinico Universitario de Valencia, Valencia, Espana. miguelmartinez@comv.es
OBJECTIVE: To report one case of idiopathic granulomatous orchitis, an extremely rare disease, in a 76-year-old patient. METHODS/RESULTS: The pathology department received a testicle with the clinical/radiological diagnosis of testicular tumor. The pathologic study showed absence of neoplasias and presence of morphological findings compatible with idiopathic granulomatous orchitis. CONCLUSIONS: The idiopathic granulomatous orchitis is an entity of unknown etiology, clinically or ultrasonographically not distinguishable from testicular neoplasias, the diagnosis of which is made after orchiectomy.
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