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Published on: March 6, 2012
Segmental testicular infarction due to cholesterol embolism: not the first case, but the first report
Shiro Adachi1, Koh-ichi Tsutahara, Tatsuya Kinoshita
1Department of Pathology, City Hospital of Ikeda, Ikeda, Japan. shiro-adachi@hosp.ikeda.osaka.jp
Abstract:
Segmental infarction of the testis represents a rare entity in that there have been fewer than 40 cases documented in the literature. Like global infarction, segmental infarction of the testis can masquerade as a mass lesion or torsion of the testis. Reported herein is a very rare case of segmental testicular infarction due to atheroembolism in a 58-year-old man. The patient presented with severe left testicular pain and underwent left high orchiectomy on the clinical diagnosis of testicular torsion. The testis had a segmental hemorrhagic necrosis around which many cholesterol emboli were observed. This is the first report to describe cholesterol embolism-associated segmental testicular infarction.
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