[Epididymo-testicular abscess]. / Abscesos epidídimo-testiculares.

ABSTRACT

We reviewed the records of 34 patients with epididymal and/or testicular abscess that were treated at our institution. The mean age of the patients was 48.6 years. The most common clinical manifestation was scrotal pain. The diagnosis was made on the clinical and/or scrotal ultrasound findings. E. coli was isolated in 84.6% of the cases. Chronic and acute orchitis with abscess formation were the most common histological findings. Twenty-nine cases required antibiotic therapy plus surgery and five cases required antibiotics alone.