Tuberculous peritonitis post orchiectomy for testicular tuberculosis; a case report and literature review.

Tuberculous peritonitis, though rare, is a serious condition and its diagnosis is challenging due to nonspecific clinical symptoms and imaging findings. Likewise, tuberculous epididymo-orchitis is a clinical dilemma, as it often mimics testicular tumors. We report a case of a 62-year-old patient diagnosed to have TB peritonitis, following tuberculous epididymo-orchitis with review of the imaging features of both entities. A high index of suspicion and careful clinical assessment will help in early diagnosis and treatment of TB peritonitis, preventing potential complications. Moreover, testicular tuberculosis should be considered in the differential diagnosis of scrotal mass.

Effect of low-threshold versus high-threshold genitalia stimuli on the cystometry parameters in male rats.

The cross talk between external genitalia and urinary bladder could be used as part of management to certain pathological conditions affecting urinary bladder. Since urinary bladder function is also affected by pathologies of other organs (e.g., colon and esophagus), the effect of genitalia stimuli on parameters of bladder function in normal or under different pathological conditions needs to be characterized. Cystometry recordings in male rats were used to examine the effect of low-threshold (LT) and high-threshold (HT) stimulation of the scrotum and penis on urinary bladder function. These effects were studied in intact, colon irritation (CI), and esophagus irritation (EI) groups. Although HT penile stimulation had a significant inhibitory effect on micturition reflex in all groups, CI hypersensitized the penile-bladder inhibitory reflex. In addition, LT penile stimulation had a significant inhibitory effect on micturition, which was significant in CI group only. On the other hand, HT penile stimulation in CI group significantly increased the timing parameters of cystometry. Whereas LT and HT penile stimuli in EI group had a significantly increasing effect on all pressure parameters of cystometry. The scrotal stimuli had minimal effect on bladder function in all groups except for HT scrotal stimulation in the CI group, where it had a significant inhibitory effect on micturition reflex and significantly increased the maximum pressure and pressure amplitude of micturition cycles. These results show that CI and EI exacerbate the effects of genitalia stimuli, especially penile stimuli, on urinary bladder function.

Penile calciphylaxis diagnosis and treatment challenges a case report.

INTRODUCTION: Painful tip penile ischemic lesion that varies from ulceration to dry gangrene which is calcified in a patient with ESRD on chronic dialysis is a seriously complicated disease due to microvascular disease of subcutaneous and adipose tissue. CASE PRESENTATION: 72 gentleman who is on chronic dialysis for the last 8 years because of ESRD, In which he developed many vascular disease and amputation done for him presented with spreading black painful areas at the tip of the glans for which conservative treatment took place for about month. DISCUSSION: The diagnosis and management of this rare disease still unclear. Diagnosis mostly clinical, treatment conservative versus surgical. CONCLUSION: Controversies of for penile Calciphylaxis diagnosis and treatment for its rarity, high mortality rate, and as its part of systematic disease treatment till know individualized according to patient status and extent of the necrotic area.

Giant mixed Sertoli-Leydig-Granulosa sex cord tumor of the testis; clinical, histopathological, and radiological features: a case report.

Sex cord tumors of the testis in post pubertal men are rare. Mixed leydig-Sertoli-Granulosa sex cord tumors are exceptionally rare. To the best of our knowledge there are only three reported similar cases in the literature. We reported a case of a 27-year-old male who presented with huge left scrotal mass of 6-years duration. The gross tumor specimen after resection measured 11 cm in diameter. Histological examination revealed mixed sex cord stromal tumor. This case demonstrates the limited ability of accurate diagnostic determination preoperatively, with pathologic examination and immune-histochemical staining post-orchiectomy representing the only definitive means of diagnosis. It also highlights the unique radiological appearances of this tumor, which were not previously reported in literature.

Upward migration of a ureteric stone in a military trainer: a case report.

Retrograde ureteric stone migration is an extremely rare phenomenon with only one previously reported case in the literature. We report on a case of upward spontaneous migration of a ureteric stone in a 39-year-old male military trainer in Saudi Arabia who was diagnosed with upper left ureteric stone based on non-contrast spiral computerized tomography kidney ureter bladder (CT-KUB) scan. The plan was to treat the patient conservatively with alpha blockers and oral hydration. Two weeks after treatment started, repeated CT-KUB scan revealed an upward migration of the stone to the left renal calyx. Accordingly, we highly recommend performing a prior stone localizing imaging test to avoid unnecessary procedures or operations.

Conservative treatment for Brucella testicular abscesses: A case report and literature review.

Brucellosis is a multi-organ infectious disease that can cause genitourinary manifestations.1-4 The most common genitourinary manifestation is orchitis;2,4 however, intratesticular abscesses are a rare complication. Although surgery is the standard treatment for intratesticular abscesses, medical therapy alone can be successful. We report the case of a 36-year-old man with multiple testicular abscesses caused by relapse of systemic brucellosis. The patient presented after a history of treated systemic brucellosis with left testicular swelling and pain. An ultrasound showed multiple small testicular abscesses, and the repeat diluted brucella titer demonstrated the causative pathogen. The patient was successfully treated with 3 months of oral targeted antibiotics, with no need for drainage or orchiectomy.