Testicular Tuberculosis That Mimicked Testicular Cancer

Tuberculosis of testis and prostate that mimicked testicular cancer in young male soccer player

Staphylococcus infection was the most common organism found in infection of athletics, and tuberculosis (TB) was rare. Although genitourinary tuberculosis (GUTB) was the most common subtype of extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) in the past, it was recently reported to account for less than 0.5% of all patients with EPTB and 1.5% of all patients with pulmonary tuberculosis (TB). And, there are f...

Isolated testicular tuberculosis masquerading as a testicular tumor

Tuberculosis is a major cause of morbidity and a persisting public health problem in the developing countries. Testicular tuberculosis particularly in isolated form is extremely rare. We report an unique case of testicular tuberculosis in a 20year old male patient who presented in a painless right testicular swelling and whose clinical, radiological and biochemical parameters indicated a germ c...

Testicular cancer

Testicular cancer is cancer that develops in the testicles, a part of the male reproductive system. Although testicular cancer can be derived from any cell type found in the testicles, more than 95% of testicular cancers are germ cell tumors. Most of the remaining 5% are sex cord-gonadal stromal tumors derived from Leydig cells or Sertoli cells. Over man's lifetime, his risk of testicular cance...

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Testicular cancer.

Despite the overall cure rate now in excess of 90%, innovation in management of germ cell tumors continues. The report that 80% of patients with extragonadal germ cell tumors have either carcinoma in situ or atrophic tubules as evidence of tumor rejection emphasizes the need to investigate the testis in patients with undiagnosed primary cancer because even today treatment delay is worsening pro...