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Vol. 34. Issue 2.
Pages 194-200 (January 2010)
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Vol. 34. Issue 2.
Pages 194-200 (January 2010)
Segmental infarct of testicle: an infrecuent pseudotumor
Infarto testicular segmentario: un pseudotumor infrecuente
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Y. Arce Terrobaa,
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yarce@fundacio-puigvert.es

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, F. Algaba-Arreaa, H. Villavicencio Maverichb
a Pathology Section, Fundació Puigvert, Barcelona, Spain
b Department of Urology, Fundació Puigvert, Barcelona, Spain
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Abstract
Objective

To review the morphologic features of the segmental infarct of testicle with special insistence in the differential diagnosis with a testicular tumor.

Material and methods

Retrospective revision of the cases with pathologic diagnostic of segmental infarct of testicle diagnosed and treated in our institution. In the selected cases, we review the histological slides and we collected the clinical and radiological features.

Results

We reported 6 cases with the following clinic-pathological features: the average age was 42 years old, both right and left testicles were affected with the same frequency, and the aetiology was idiopathic, trauma or inflammation. All of them with pathological diagnosis of segmental infarct of testicle, either acute or chronic, and in all of them a testicular tumor was suspected.

Conclusion

Segmental infarct of testicle is an unfrequent cause of testicular pseudotumor. It must be considered in the clinical differential diagnostic of testicular masses in order to avoid unnecessary orchiectomies.

Keywords:
Testis infarction
Testicular pseudotumor
Resumen
Objetivo

revisar las características morfológicas del infarto testicular segmentario, incidiendo en el diagnóstico diferencial que clínica y radiológicamente plantea con un tumor testicular.

Material y métodos

revisión retrospectiva de los casos con diagnóstico anatomopatológico de infarto testicular segmentario diagnosticados y tratados en nuestro centro. En los casos seleccionados se revisaron las laminillas histológicas y se recogieron las características clínicas y radiológicas.

Resultados

se localizaron 6 casos con las siguientes características clinicopatológicas: una media de edad de 42 años, afectando con la misma frecuencia al teste derecho y al izquierdo, de causa idiopática o con antecedentes traumáticos o inflamatorios y con diagnóstico histológico de infarto segmentario, ya sea agudo o crónico (en dos de ellos). Común a todos ellos es la sospecha clínica de tumor testicular.

Conclusión

el infarto testicular segmentario es una causa de pseudotumor testicular. Aunque infrecuente, debe considerarse en el diagnóstico diferencial clínico de las masas testiculares para evitar orquiectomías innecesarias.

Palabras clave:
Infarto testicular
Pseudotumor testicular

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