Akhtar M, Ali M A, Mackey D M
Am J Clin Pathol. 1980 May;73(5):712-5. doi: 10.1093/ajcp/73.5.712.
Two patients with lepromatous leprosy presenting initially because of lepromatous orchitis are reported. These cases are unusual because they were diagnosed as lepromatous orchitis at a stage when no other evidence of leprosy was present. Generalized skin lesions characteristic of lepromatous leprosy subsequently developed in one of these patients. It is suggested that lepromatous orchitis should be actively considered in the differential diagnosis of orchitis and infertility.
报告了两名最初因瘤型睾丸炎就诊的瘤型麻风患者。这些病例不同寻常，因为在尚无其他麻风证据的阶段就被诊断为瘤型睾丸炎。其中一名患者随后出现了瘤型麻风特有的全身性皮肤损害。建议在睾丸炎和不育症的鉴别诊断中应积极考虑瘤型睾丸炎。
