[Segmental infarct of testicle: an infrequent pseudotumor].

OBJECTIVE

To review the morphologic features of the segmental infarct of testicle with special insistence in the differential diagnosis with a testicular tumor.

MATERIAL AND METHODS

Retrospective revision of the cases with pathologic diagnostic of segmental infarct of testicle diagnosed and treated in our institution. In the selected cases, we review the histological slides and we collected the clinical and radiological features.

RESULTS

We reported 6 cases with the following clinic-pathological features: the average age was 42 years old, both right and left testicles were affected with the same frequency, and the aetiology was idiopathic, trauma or inflammation. All of them with pathological diagnosis of segmental infarct of testicle, either acute or chronic, and in all of them a testicular tumor was suspected.

CONCLUSION

Segmental infarct of testicle is an unfrequent cause of testicular pseudotumor. It must be considered in the clinical differential diagnostic of testicular masses in order to avoid unnecessary orchiectomies.