Two cases of testicular tuberculosis in HIV patients with distinct clinical presentations

Trop Doct. 2023 Dec 25:494755231220400. doi: 10.1177/00494755231220400. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTGenito-urinary tuberculosis (TB) corresponds to the second most common cause of extrapulmonary tuberculosis EPTB worldwide. It is however rare and is often clinically indistinguishable from testicular malignancy and infarction. HIV hugely increases the risk of TB in unusual sites; we present two such cases of testicular tuberculosis. The diagnosis was based respectively on histopathological findings, acid-bacilli smear of biopsy, semen, and culture.PMID:38146187 | DOI:10.1177/00494755231220400

Source: Tropical Doctor - December 26, 2023 Category: Tropical Medicine Authors: Lu ís Arthur Brasil Gadelha Farias Fab íola Ellen Sales Vitoriano Cassia Kamila Barros Ribeiro Mariana de F átima Marques de Matos Lauro Vieira Perdig ão Neto Roberto da Justa Pires Neto Source Type: research