Acute scrotum: Hansen's disease versus filariasis

Acute scrotum: Hansen's disease versus filariasis

Hansen's disease is caused by Mycobacterium leprae. The disease is known to involve the visceral organs including the testis apart from the skin and nerves in the lepromatous pole of leprosy due to widespread hematogenous dissemination of lepra bacilli. Furthermore, there can be testicular pain...

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Main Authors: Deepak Vashisht, Bhavni Oberoi, Ruby Venugopal, Sukriti Baveja
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2018-01-01
Series:International Journal of Mycobacteriology
Subjects:
Filariasis
Hansen's disease
reaction
testicular pain
Online Access:http://www.ijmyco.org/article.asp?issn=2212-5531;year=2018;volume=7;issue=2;spage=195;epage=197;aulast=Vashisht

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