TY - JOUR
T1 - A case of an asymptomatic hypoechoic testicular mass in the setting of contralateral orchitis
AU - Morris, Richard E.A.
AU - Guimaraes, Alexander R.
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - Background: A 28-year-old heterosexual man presented to an emergency department with a 2-day history of left testicular pain and swelling that began after he started having unprotected sex with a new partner. He also had a 1-day history of fever and chills. Investigations: Physical examination, urinalysis, complete blood count, polymerase chain reaction testing for gonorrhea and chlamydia, serial scrotal ultrasonography with color Doppler imaging, and measurement of serum tumor marker levels. Diagnosis: Left orchitis with right testicular mass suspicious for malignancy. Management: The patient received antibiotic therapy (ceftriaxone and azithromycin), which resulted in resolution of his presenting symptoms. He was discharged from hospital with plans to undergo follow-up evaluation by the urology service. He opted to delay surgical intervention; repeat ultrasonography at 4 weeks revealed signs consistent with treated left-sided orchitis and revealed near-complete resolution of the right-sided lesion. The patient's right-sided mass probably represented subclinical bacterial orchitis, which responded to antibiotic therapy.
AB - Background: A 28-year-old heterosexual man presented to an emergency department with a 2-day history of left testicular pain and swelling that began after he started having unprotected sex with a new partner. He also had a 1-day history of fever and chills. Investigations: Physical examination, urinalysis, complete blood count, polymerase chain reaction testing for gonorrhea and chlamydia, serial scrotal ultrasonography with color Doppler imaging, and measurement of serum tumor marker levels. Diagnosis: Left orchitis with right testicular mass suspicious for malignancy. Management: The patient received antibiotic therapy (ceftriaxone and azithromycin), which resulted in resolution of his presenting symptoms. He was discharged from hospital with plans to undergo follow-up evaluation by the urology service. He opted to delay surgical intervention; repeat ultrasonography at 4 weeks revealed signs consistent with treated left-sided orchitis and revealed near-complete resolution of the right-sided lesion. The patient's right-sided mass probably represented subclinical bacterial orchitis, which responded to antibiotic therapy.
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U2 - 10.1038/ncpuro1291
DO - 10.1038/ncpuro1291
M3 - Article
C2 - 19198624
AN - SCOPUS:60149086641
SN - 1743-4270
VL - 6
SP - 108
EP - 112
JO - Nature Clinical Practice Urology
JF - Nature Clinical Practice Urology
IS - 2
ER -