ISOLATED TUBERCULAR TESTICULAR ABSCESS WITH PYOCELE: AN EXTREMELY RARE PRESENTATION

  • Digvijoy Sharma Assistant Professor, Department of General Surgery, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, Manipal, India
  • Rajesh Nair Senior Resident, Department of General Surgery, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, Manipal
  • Vijay Koduru Senior Resident, Department of General Surgery, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, Manipal
  • Vinay K Junior Resident, Department of General Surgery, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, Manipal
  • Binita Dipak Vadhar Intern, Department of General Surgery, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, Manipal
Keywords: Tuberculosis, testicular abscess, pyocele

Abstract

Despite the genitourinary tract being one of the most common sites affected by extrapulmonary TB, isolated testicular TB is very rare and presentation as acute abscess formation with pyocele is hardly mentioned in literature.

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Sharma D, Nair R, Koduru V, K V, Vadhar BD. ISOLATED TUBERCULAR TESTICULAR ABSCESS WITH PYOCELE: AN EXTREMELY RARE PRESENTATION. Med. res. chronicles [Internet]. 2015Apr.15 [cited 2024Dec.22];2(2):222-5. Available from: https://medrech.com/index.php/medrech/article/view/75
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