TY - JOUR
T1 - Genitourinary histoplasmosis in post-renal transplant patient
T2 - Diagnostic dilemma
AU - Chawla, Arun
AU - Chawla, Kiran
AU - Thomas, Joseph
PY - 2012/7/1
Y1 - 2012/7/1
N2 - Genitourinary histoplasmosis is very rare and to our knowledge only four cases of epididymal histoplasmosis and nine cases of prostatic histoplasmosis have been reported in literature. We hereby report a case of a middle-aged male, who presented three years after renal transplant, with complaints of fever, pain, and swelling in the scrotum. Imaging disclosed an enlarged right epididymis with prostatic and retrotrigonal abscess, suggesting tuberculosis infection. However, histopathology of the epididymal biopsy revealed histoplasmosis, and the drained pus on culture confirmed infection with Histoplasma capsulatum.
AB - Genitourinary histoplasmosis is very rare and to our knowledge only four cases of epididymal histoplasmosis and nine cases of prostatic histoplasmosis have been reported in literature. We hereby report a case of a middle-aged male, who presented three years after renal transplant, with complaints of fever, pain, and swelling in the scrotum. Imaging disclosed an enlarged right epididymis with prostatic and retrotrigonal abscess, suggesting tuberculosis infection. However, histopathology of the epididymal biopsy revealed histoplasmosis, and the drained pus on culture confirmed infection with Histoplasma capsulatum.
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U2 - 10.4103/0970-1591.102730
DO - 10.4103/0970-1591.102730
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84870178296
SN - 0970-1591
VL - 28
SP - 359
EP - 361
JO - Indian Journal of Urology
JF - Indian Journal of Urology
IS - 3
ER -