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Isolated necrotizing granulomatous vasculitis of the epididymis and spermatic cords

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A 71-year-old man with a painful scrotal swelling was found to have necrotizing granulomatous vasculitis of the epididymis and spermatic cords. No systemic symptom was present, nor was there serological or haematological evidence of systemic vasculitis.

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  1. A. Halim

    Present address: Military Hospital, Rawalpindi, Pakistan

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  1. Institute of Urology and Nephrology, Middlesex Hospital, Mortimer Street, W1N 8AA, London, UK

    A. Halim, G. H. Neild & P. J. R. Shaw

  2. Department of Histopathology, Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow, Middlesex, UK

    T. Levine

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Halim, A., Neild, G.H., Levine, T. et al. Isolated necrotizing granulomatous vasculitis of the epididymis and spermatic cords. World J Urol 12, 357–358 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00184119

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