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. 2010 Oct 1;10:1915–1918. doi: 10.1100/tsw.2010.194

Testicular Polyarteritis Nodosa Mimicking Testicular Neoplasm

Gokhan Atis 1,*, Omer Faruk Memis 1, Hasan Samet Güngör 1, Ozgur Arikan 1, Yesim Saglican 2, Turhan Caskurlu 1
PMCID: PMC5763722  PMID: 20890580

Abstract

Polyarteritis nodosa (PAN) presents mostly as a systemic disease characterized by necrotizing vasculitis affecting small- and medium-sized arteries. Rarely, the inflammatory process is isolated and involves a single organ without systemic manifestations. We described the case of a 57-year-old patient with isolated testicular PAN who presented with a testicular mass mimicking a primary testicular tumor.

Keywords: polyarteritis nodosa, testis, vasculitis


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