Bilateral occurrence of sperm granulomas in the left spermatic cord and on the right epididymis:A case report
作者机构:Department of UrologyThe First Hospital of Shanxi Medical UniversityTaiyuan 030001Shanxi ProvinceChina
出 版 物:《World Journal of Clinical Cases》 (世界临床病例杂志)
年 卷 期:2022年第10卷第29期
页 面:10787-10793页
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学科分类:1002[医学-临床医学] 100210[医学-外科学(含:普外、骨外、泌尿外、胸心外、神外、整形、烧伤、野战外)] 10[医学]
主 题:Sperm granuloma Epididymis Spermatic cord Recurrence Case report
摘 要:BACKGROUND Sperm granuloma is a rare disease in clinical andrology and its incidence is still unclear *** to the existing literature,sperm granuloma often occurs *** and ultrasound features are similar to epididymal tuberculosis,chronic epididymitis and other *** granuloma is usually diagnosed based on postoperative histopathological and immunohistochemical *** SUMMARY A 46-year-old man was admitted to the hospital due to the presence of a left scrotal mass for 3 mo and aggravation of pain for 1 *** lesions at both sites were surgically *** pathological examination showed that the left spermatic cord mass and the right epididymal mass were consistent with sperm *** sperm granulomas then recurred 3 mo after *** is little change in the local mass so *** The case report is helpful for our understanding of this *** clinical diagnosis,it should be distinguished from epididymal tuberculosis,chronic epididymitis and other *** Doppler ultrasound can be used as a preferred examination method but postoperative pathological examination is still needed for diagnosis.