Brusella Epididymo-Orchitis Confused With Acute Appendicitis; A Case Report

ADEM BAYRAKTAR, YUSUF DOĞAN, HARUN PERU, İBRAHİM KOÇ, ALPER AYTEKİN

  • Year : 2019
  • Vol : 35
  • Issue : 1
  •  Page : 47-50

  Brusellosis is a zoonotic disease which is transmitted with nonpasteurized milk and milk products. Mostly effects the gastrointestinal system and less the genitourinary system. Most common genitourinary complication of brucellosis is epididymo-orchitis.

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 Here we present a case which presented with right lower quadrant pain in which physical examination lead us to the preliminary diagnosis of appendicitis after laboratuary results, cilinical findings and deepining the history the patient was diagnosed with unilateral epididimoorchit and here presented with clinical laboratuary findings. Brusellosis which is endemic in our country, should be kept in mind especially when accompanied with acute abdomen eventhoug imaging prosedures do not confirm the diagnosis. 

Cite this Article As : Bayraktar A, Doğan Y, Ceylan MR, Koç İ, Aytekin A. Akut Apandisit ile Karışan Brusellaepididimorşiti; Bir Olgu Sunumu. Selcuk Med J 2019;35(1): 47-50

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Brusella Epididymo-Orchitis Confused With Acute Appendicitis; A Case Report
, Vol. 35 (1)
Received : 11.02.2016, Accepted : 11.02.2016, Published Online : 04.03.2019
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