Masilamani Tamizharasan, Jayanthi Nalini, Elaiyalwar Anitha, B Karniha, Ganapati Shivasekar
Respiratory Medicine, SRM Medical College Hospital and Research Centre, Chennai, IND.
Pathologist, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, IND.
Cureus. 2024 Jul 19;16(7):e64950. doi: 10.7759/cureus.64950. eCollection 2024 Jul.
The burden of extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) is significant, constituting up to 20% of all TB cases in HIV-negative patients and 50% of new cases in HIV-positive individuals. However, diagnosing EPTB remains challenging due to its pauci-bacillary nature and the necessity for invasive sampling methods in many forms of the disease. Urogenital tuberculosis represents approximately 4% of the annual cases of extra-pulmonary tuberculosis in India, with isolated testicular tuberculosis being a particularly rare manifestation. In this report, we present three cases of testicular tuberculosis, diagnosed through tissue biopsy and Acid Fast Bacilli (AFB) smears.
肺外结核病（EPTB）负担沉重，在HIV阴性患者中占所有结核病病例的20%，在HIV阳性个体的新发病例中占50%。然而，由于其菌量少的特性以及在许多形式的疾病中需要采用侵入性采样方法，EPTB的诊断仍然具有挑战性。泌尿生殖系统结核约占印度每年肺外结核病例的4%，孤立性睾丸结核是一种特别罕见的表现形式。在本报告中，我们介绍了三例经组织活检和抗酸杆菌（AFB）涂片诊断的睾丸结核病例。
