ArticleQuantitative imaging in medicine and surgery2021
A better understanding of testicular and/or epididymal tuberculosis based on clinical, ultrasonic, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging features at a high-volume institute in the modern era.
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- Unilateral testicular tuberculosis in a kidney transplant recipient: a case report.Clinical transplantation and research · 2024Article
- A new nomogram based on ultrasound and clinical features for distinguishing epididymal tuberculosis and nontuberculous epididymitis.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Imaging findings in inflammatory disease of the genital organs.Japanese journal of radiology · 2024Review
- The challenges in diagnosing isolated epididymal tuberculosis (TB) in an adolescent male: a case report.BMC urology · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundThere is a concerning underdiagnosis of testicular and/or epididymal tuberculosis (TB). A lack of clinician awareness has led to many patients undergoing unnecessary surgeries. The purpose of this series was to enhance understanding of testicular and/or epididymal TB based on clinical, ultrasonic, computed tomography (CT), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) features from the past decade.
methodsWe retrospectively investigated the medical records of 69 patients diagnosed with testicular and/or epididymal TB from 2008 to 2019. All participants were diagnosed by confirmation of
resultsA total of 69 patients with a median age of 43.5 years were included in the study. Testicular-epididymis TB, epididymal TB, and testicular TB were confirmed in 31 (44.9%), 26 (37.7%), and 12 (17.4%) patients, respectively. In sonography, testicular TB and epididymal TB imaging features are significantly different (P<0.001). Diffusely enlarged lesion heterogeneously (33/58, 56.9%) is most common in the epididymis, and miliary type (18/39, 46.2%) is most common in the testis. On enhanced CT, annular or multilocular enhancement pattern (19/21, 90.5%) was the characteristic manifestation of our patients.
conclusionsLaboratory findings [especially T lymphocyte spot test for tuberculosis infection (T-SPOT.TB)], accompanied by scrotal sonography and enhanced CT examinations, can help distinguish testicular and/or epididymal TB from other etiologies.
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