Martínez-Rodríguez Miguel, Navarro Fos Samuel, Soriano Sarrió Pilar, Alcalá-Santaella Casanova Carlos, Ramos Soler David, Llombart Bosch Antonio
Departamento de Anatomía Potológica Hospital Clinico Universitario de Valencia, Valencia, España.
Arch Esp Urol. 2006 Sep;59(7):725-7. doi: 10.4321/s0004-06142006000700008.
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.
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.
