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- Title
Xanthogranulomatous Orchitis Presenting as a Scrotal Mass in an Elderly Male: Malignancy or Mimicker?
- Authors
Sharma, Pooja; Ramteke, Prashant; Satapathy, Abhishek; Ray, MD
- Abstract
Xanthogranulomatous inflammation is a rare, destructive pattern of inflammation, affecting different organs, that often produces a mass-like lesion, simulating malignancy. Although benign, it can coexist with malignancy. We, herein, report the case of a 60-year-old male patient, who presented with a testicular mass that was partly necrotic and showed heterogeneous enhancement on contrast study. Testicular tumor markers were normal. In view of clinicoradiological suspicion of a malignant cause, high inguinal orchidectomy was performed. However, histopathology showed features of a xanthogranulomatous orchitis with no evidence of any malignancy. Pathologists must be aware of this entity as definitive diagnosis requires histopathologic examination and adequate sampling must be done to rule out a coexistent malignancy.
- Subjects
CASTRATION; DIFFERENTIAL diagnosis; GRANULOMA; HISTOLOGY; ORCHITIS; SCROTUM; TESTIS tumors; TUMOR markers
- Publication
Clinical Medicine Insights: Case Reports, 2019, Vol 12, pN.PAG
- ISSN
1179-5476
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/1179547619890295