[Testicular malacoplakia. Case report].

Testicular malacoplakia is an extremely rare condition; only 37 cases have been reported in the world literature. We hereby report a case of testicular malacoplakia. In over half of the cases of testicular malacoplakia, a preceding bacterial infection of a gram-negative rod has been known to occur, most commonly. Escherichia coli from urine or a suppurative lesion. This evidence may well be significant in explaining a possible initiative or contributing cause of malacoplakia. Orchiectomy is thought necessary to distinguish testicular malacoplakia from other scrotal conditions such as testicular cancer and granulomatous orchitis.