Brucellar Testicular Abscess Presenting as a Testicular Mass: Can Color Doppler Sonography be used in Differentiation?

Furkan Kaya; Ali Kocyigit; Cihan Kaya; Ibrahim Turkcuer; Mustafa Serinken; Nevzat Karabulut

doi:10.5505/1304.7361.2014.82698

Furkan Kaya¹, Ali Kocyigit¹, Cihan Kaya¹, Ibrahim Turkcuer¹, Mustafa Serinken², Nevzat Karabulut¹

¹Department of Radiology, Pamukkale University Faculty of Medicine, Denizli, Turkey
²Department of Emergency Medicine, Pamukkale University Faculty of Medicine, Denizli, Turkey

Keywords: Abscess; brucellosis; color Doppler sonography; testicular; ultrasonography

Abstract

Brucellosis is an endemic disease in various regions of the world. Testicular abscess is a very rare complication of brucellosis which can be misdiagnosed as a testicular mass and may lead to unnecessary orchiectomy. To our knowledge there are only eight reported cases in the literature of a brucellar testicular abscess. We present a case of testicular abscess due to brucellosis diagnosed with serologic tests and color Doppler sonography, and treated with antibiotics and fine needle aspiration.