Brucellar Testicular Abscess Presenting as a Testicular Mass: Can Color Doppler Sonography be used in Differentiation?

Brucellar Testicular Abscess Presenting as a Testicular Mass: Can Color Doppler Sonography be used in Differentiation?

SUMMARY: Brucellosis is an endemic disease in various regions of the world. Testicular abscess is a very rare complication of brucellosis which can be misdiagnosed as a testicular mass and may lead to unnecessary orchiectomy. To our knowledge there are only eight reported cases in the literature of...

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Main Authors: Furkan KAYA, Ali KOCYIGIT, Cihan KAYA, Ibrahim TURKCUER, Mustafa SERİNKEN, Nevzat KARABULUT
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2015-03-01
Series:Turkish Journal of Emergency Medicine
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2452247316600109
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spelling doaj-35b3b0454d4845d7a8af3f3b667db1782021-02-02T06:30:21ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsTurkish Journal of Emergency Medicine2452-24732015-03-011514346Brucellar Testicular Abscess Presenting as a Testicular Mass: Can Color Doppler Sonography be used in Differentiation?Furkan KAYA0Ali KOCYIGIT1Cihan KAYA2Ibrahim TURKCUER3Mustafa SERİNKEN4Nevzat KARABULUT5Department of Radiology, Pamukkale University Faculty of Medicine, Denizli, TurkeyDepartment of Radiology, Pamukkale University Faculty of Medicine, Denizli, Turkey; Correspondence: Ali KOCYIGIT, MD. Pamukkale Universitesi Tip Fakultesi, Radyoloji Anabilim Dali, Denizli, TurkeyDepartment of Radiology, Pamukkale University Faculty of Medicine, Denizli, TurkeyDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Pamukkale University Faculty of Medicine, Denizli, TurkeyDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Pamukkale University Faculty of Medicine, Denizli, TurkeyDepartment of Radiology, Pamukkale University Faculty of Medicine, Denizli, TurkeySUMMARY: Brucellosis is an endemic disease in various regions of the world. Testicular abscess is a very rare complication of brucellosis which can be misdiagnosed as a testicular mass and may lead to unnecessary orchiectomy. To our knowledge there are only eight reported cases in the literature of a brucellar testicular abscess. We present a case of testicular abscess due to brucellosis diagnosed with serologic tests and color Doppler sonography, and treated with antibiotics and fine needle aspiration. Key words: Abscess, brucellosis, color Doppler sonography, testicular, ultrasonographyhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2452247316600109
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author Furkan KAYA
Ali KOCYIGIT
Cihan KAYA
Ibrahim TURKCUER
Mustafa SERİNKEN
Nevzat KARABULUT
spellingShingle Furkan KAYA
Ali KOCYIGIT
Cihan KAYA
Ibrahim TURKCUER
Mustafa SERİNKEN
Nevzat KARABULUT
Brucellar Testicular Abscess Presenting as a Testicular Mass: Can Color Doppler Sonography be used in Differentiation?
Turkish Journal of Emergency Medicine
author_facet Furkan KAYA
Ali KOCYIGIT
Cihan KAYA
Ibrahim TURKCUER
Mustafa SERİNKEN
Nevzat KARABULUT
author_sort Furkan KAYA
title Brucellar Testicular Abscess Presenting as a Testicular Mass: Can Color Doppler Sonography be used in Differentiation?
title_short Brucellar Testicular Abscess Presenting as a Testicular Mass: Can Color Doppler Sonography be used in Differentiation?
title_full Brucellar Testicular Abscess Presenting as a Testicular Mass: Can Color Doppler Sonography be used in Differentiation?
title_fullStr Brucellar Testicular Abscess Presenting as a Testicular Mass: Can Color Doppler Sonography be used in Differentiation?
title_full_unstemmed Brucellar Testicular Abscess Presenting as a Testicular Mass: Can Color Doppler Sonography be used in Differentiation?
title_sort brucellar testicular abscess presenting as a testicular mass: can color doppler sonography be used in differentiation?
publisher Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
series Turkish Journal of Emergency Medicine
issn 2452-2473
publishDate 2015-03-01
description SUMMARY: Brucellosis is an endemic disease in various regions of the world. Testicular abscess is a very rare complication of brucellosis which can be misdiagnosed as a testicular mass and may lead to unnecessary orchiectomy. To our knowledge there are only eight reported cases in the literature of a brucellar testicular abscess. We present a case of testicular abscess due to brucellosis diagnosed with serologic tests and color Doppler sonography, and treated with antibiotics and fine needle aspiration. Key words: Abscess, brucellosis, color Doppler sonography, testicular, ultrasonography
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2452247316600109
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