Treatment of Tuberculous Epididymitis by Intratunical Rifampicin Injection
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A case of tuberculous epididymitis associated with Addison's disease.
A 68-year-old man was admitted to the hospital because of loss of appetite, easy fatigability, and skin pigmentation. Physical examination revealed that the bilateral epididymides were enlarged and hard without tenderness. At 7 a.m., the basal cortisol level in the plasma was 22.4 ng/ml and ACTH 318 pg/ml. The clinical diagnosis was Addison's disease. Biopsy of the right epididymis revealed evi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Andrology
سال: 1996
ISSN: 0148-5016
DOI: 10.3109/01485019608987101