The Scientific World Journal (Jan 2010)

Testicular Polyarteritis Nodosa Mimicking Testicular Neoplasm

  • Gokhan Atis,
  • Omer Faruk Memis,
  • Hasan Samet Güngör,
  • Ozgur Arikan,
  • Yesim Saglican,
  • Turhan Caskurlu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1100/tsw.2010.194
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10
pp. 1915 – 1918

Abstract

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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.