[A case of syphilitic orchitis with aortic aneurysm]

Abstract

A case of syphilitic orchitis with aortic aneurysm is presented. The patient was a 72-year-old man who was diagnosed as having aortic aneurysm of thorax and abdomen by angiography. He visited our clinic with the complaint of swelling of the scrotal contents with tenderness after aneurysmectomy. Antibiotics were not effective against the swelling or tenderness, and right orchiectomy was performed. Histological diagnosis was syphilitic orchitis and aortitis.