BACKGROUND Testicular biopsy is an acknowledged method of examination of the testes for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes. We describe the pattern of testicular histologies in our environment. MATERIALS AND METHODS We carried out a retrospective review of testicular histology results from the Pathology Department of Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital (NAUTH), Nnewi, over a 5-year p...

AIM To help clarifying the possibility of connective-tissue diseases in men with penile or testicular prostheses. METHODS Eight patients underwent inflatable penile prostheses and 15, testicular prostheses consented to the study. Their medical records were reviewed and a follow-up interview and physical and serological examinations were performed. RESULTS In patients with penile prostheses,...

Testicular torsion refers to diseases of the acute scrotum group and requires early diagnosis emergency surgical care. Despite characteristic clinical signs, sometimes there are difficulties in diagnosis, which leads delayed treatment irreversible damage testicle. The article describes a case testicular young patient with errors led removal As result diagnostic error – an incorrect collected an...

A case-control study of 271 men with testicular cancer and 259 controls was conducted in the Washington, DC area to evaluate whether suggested risk factors could be responsible for the epidemic increases in testicular cancer in young men. No substantial risks were associated with a history of groin hernia operation, the common childhood diseases, allergies, x rays below the waist, venereal dise...

INTRODUCTION Any firm or solid intratesticular mass on examination and/or any hypoechoic area within the tunica albuginea on imaging is markedly suspicious for testicular cancer. Filarial involvement of the testicular tunic has not been reported previously. CASE PRESENTATION A 32-year-old man presented with a history of noticing a swelling in his right testicle for a period of 1 month which h...

PURPOSE To determine the value of color Doppler ultrasonography (CDUS) as a routine investigational method for diagnosis of scrotal pathologies. MATERIALS AND METHODS This prospective observational study (case series) was carried out over a period of 16 months on 122 patients in the age range of 13 to 70 years old, who presented with scrotal swellings. After adequate history taking and examin...

Acute epididymo-orchitis (the inflammation of one or both testes and epididymis) is a common urological diagnosis encountered by urologists and by emergency and primary care physicians. It should be differentiated from testicular torsion – a true urological emergency. Furthermore, acute epididymitis can be complicated by testicular abscesses or by testicular infarction, due to spermatic cord sw...