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| Year : 2018 | Volume
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| Issue : 4 | Page : 600-603 |
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Orchitis: An unusual presentation of polyarteritis nodosa
Nelofar Islam1, Debanjali Sinha2, Parasar Ghosh2, Chhanda Datta1, Uttara Chatterjee1
1 Department of Pathology, IPGME and R, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
2 Department of Rheumatology, IPGME and R, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Correspondence Address:
Uttara Chatterjee
Department of Pathology, IPGME and R, Kolkata, West Bengal
India
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DOI: 10.4103/IJPM.IJPM_569_17
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Polyarteritis nodosa (PAN), a systemic necrotizing vasculitis with multiorgan development, is generally restricted to the medium-sized muscular arteries. The varied initial clinical presentations of PAN can lead to a delayed diagnosis. We present the case of a middle-aged male patient who presented with an acute onset right-sided testicular pain as the initial clinical symptom with ischemic changes on ultrasonogram, thereby requiring orchiectomy. This was reported to be a case of tubercular epididymo-orchitis. On review, the biopsy revealed features of necrotizing arteritis as seen in PAN with fibrinoid necrosis and giant cells, thus highlighting the fact that vasculitis due to PAN may have a localized presentation at the time of diagnosis. PAN should be distinguished from other causes of epididymo-orchitis and other vasculitis lesions, the most common being tubercular etiology in the Asian population.
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