Naslov
Die tuberkulöse Epididymoorchitis und die Zentralnervensystemkomplikation
(Tuberculous orchiepididymitis and CNS complication)

Autori
Miletic, B. ; Morovic, M. ; Tomic, Z. ; Ticac, B.

Izvornik
Aktuelle Urologie (0001-7868) 37 (2006), 01; 67-68

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, ostalo

Ključne riječi
Urogenitalsystem, Orchyepididimitis, disseminierte Tuberkulose, Hydroyephalus
(Urogenital system, Orchyepididimitis, disseminated tuberculosis, hydrocephalus)

Sažetak
INTRODUCTION: Hydrocephalus as a complication of tuberculous orchiepididymitis is extremely rare. In this reported case, hydrocephalus was the consequence of a disseminated tuberculous process. CASE REPORT: A 28-year-old man was treated for a left-sided orchiepididymitis. He developed the signs of increased intracranial pressure. Computer tomography (CT) of the brain showed a hydrocephalus. The diagnostics that followed confirmed disseminated tuberculosis (Tbc). CONCLUSIONS: Urogenital system is at the present rarely affected by Tbc. Especially rare is disseminated Tbc, which affects at the same time three different organ systems. Disseminated Tbc presented with many different but non-specific clinical symptoms, sometimes mimicking neoplasm. This makes diagnosis and therapy more difficult. We point out that in any case of orchiepididymitis not responding to standard antimicrobial therapy Tbc must be taken into consideration as the one of the differential diagnostic possibilities.

Izvorni jezik
Ger

Znanstvena područja
Kliničke medicinske znanosti

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