Miller D Chris, Koss Michael N
Department of Infectious Disease, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles County, CA 90033, USA.
Urology. 2009 Jun;73(6):1225-6. doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2009.02.015. Epub 2009 Apr 18.
Isolated epididymitis is a very rare presentation of Wegener granulomatosis (WG). Only 1 such case has been previously reported. We report a case of epididymitis in which WG was not suspected clinically or pathologically at orchiectomy, and the patient subsequently developed pulmonary involvement with WG. WG was ultimately diagnosed and treated after lung biopsy several months after the orchiectomy. The retrospective pathologic review of the orchiectomy specimen confirmed the presence of WG in the epididymis; the testicular tissue was not involved.
孤立性附睾炎是韦格纳肉芽肿(WG)一种非常罕见的表现形式。此前仅报道过1例此类病例。我们报告1例附睾炎病例,该患者在睾丸切除术中临床及病理检查均未怀疑有WG,随后出现了WG所致的肺部病变。在睾丸切除术后数月进行肺活检后,最终确诊并治疗了WG。对睾丸切除标本的回顾性病理检查证实附睾存在WG;睾丸组织未受累。