Buerger's disease presenting as a testicular mass: A rare presentation of an uncommon disease
| Autor: | Jon-Paul Meyer, Jay A Roberts |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Urology Male genitalia Ischemia Case Report Disease 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology testis lcsh:RC870-923 Buerger's 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Buerger's testis thromboangiitis medicine thromboangiitis Buerger's disease 030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicine business.industry Testicular mass medicine.disease lcsh:Diseases of the genitourinary system. Urology Surgery medicine.symptom Presentation (obstetrics) Claudication business |
| Zdroj: | Urology Annals, Vol 8, Iss 2, Pp 249-251 (2016) Urology Annals |
| ISSN: | 0974-7834 0974-7796 |
| Popis: | Thromboangiitis obliterans is an uncommon nonatherosclerotic segmental inflammatory disease that predominantly affects the small and medium-sized arteries and veins of the distal extremities. It was first described in 1879 and is also known as Buerger's disease. Buerger's usually begins with ischemia of small vessels producing digital infarcts and may progress to more proximal arteries and veins, producing claudication of the feet, legs, hands, or arms. Tobacco smoking is essential to the initiation and the progression of disease and it typically occurs in males under the age of 45 years. Although Buerger's most commonly affects the arms, hands, legs, and feet, it has also been reported in other vascular beds including cerebral, coronary, renal, mesenteric, and pulmonary arteries. There are also a small number of cases involving the male genitalia. To our knowledge, there has only been one English case of Buerger's involving the testis, published in 1940. Here, we present a new case of Buerger's presenting as a testicular mass in a 17-year-old cannabis smoker. |
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