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Case Reports
. 2019 May 29:26:100925.
doi: 10.1016/j.eucr.2019.100925. eCollection 2019 Sep.

BCG orchitis

Joseph Cutrone  1 , James J Siegert  1   2   3
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Case Reports

BCG orchitis

Joseph Cutrone et al. Urol Case Rep. .

Abstract

Intravesical immunotherapy with Bacillus Calmette-Guerin has been shown to decrease tumor recurrence and progression in urothelial carcinoma of the bladder. Its ubiquitous use is further substantiated by its low rates of complications. Our patient is a 63 year old male with a circuitous medical course who presents with epididymoorchitis and scrotal abscess after his second three week cycle of maintenance BCG prompting scrotal exploration which revealed a non-viable testicle and large scrotal induration with abscess. Pathological analysis and initial cultures were negative for mycobacterium but acid-fast cultures eventually demonstrated mycobacterium three months later.

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Doppler ultrasound of scrotum, left testicle.
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Histologic evaluation of pathologic specimen (left testicle).
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