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[Recurrent hydrocele in a patient with familial mediterranean fever]
R Ferrero Doria1, P Guzmán Martínez-Valls, J López Alba
1Servicio de Urología, Hospital General Universitario de Murcia, España.
Archivos Espanoles De Urologia
|December 31, 1997
Abstract
Objective:
To report an uncommon case of familial Mediterranean fever with urological manifestations.
Methods/Results:
A case of recurrent hydrocele in a patient with familial Mediterranean fever is described.
Conclusions:
Although familial Mediterranean fever is characterized by an acute febrile stage and involvement of the serosa, it may manifest as recurrent hydrocele due to involvement of the urological serosa, as in the case described herein.