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Table 3 Clinical diagnosis, treatment and histopathology characteristics of 81 patients

From: Surgical management of tuberculous epididymo-orchitis: a retrospective study of 81 cases with long-term follow-up

Characteristics

No. Pts (total)

Percentage (%)

Clinical diagnosis

 TBEO

30 (81)

37.0

 Tumor

28 (81)

34.6

 Nonspecific bacterial epididymo-orchitis

23 (81)

28.4

Surgical procedure

 Unilateral

75 (81)

92.6

 Bilaterala

6 (81)

7.4

 Orchiectomy

2 (81)

2.5

 Epididymectomy

27 (81)

33.3

 Epididymo-orchidectomy

52 (81)

64.2

Histopathology

 Positive acid fast stain

62 (77)

80.5

 Positive PCR

24 (43)

55.8

 Any of the above

81 (81)

100

 Granulomatous inflammation with caseous necrosis

81 (81)

100

 Isolated testicular TB

23 (81)

28.4

 Isolated epididymal TB

31 (81)

38.3

 Testicular and epididymal TB

27 (81)

33.3

  1. TBEO tuberculous epididymo-orchitis, PCR polymerase chain reaction, TB tuberculosis
  2. aOne patient underwent bilateral orchiectomy, one patient underwent bilateral epididymectomy, and four patients underwent orchiectomy and contralateral epididymectomy