ABSTRACT
We describe the unusual case of a 78-year-old woman consulting for extensive and painful wound leg ulcerations and calcifications secondary to CREST syndrome that was treated by extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy. This treatment was considered because of the severity of our patient's symptoms and her failure to respond to various medical and surgical treatment.
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CREST Syndrome/therapy , Calcinosis/therapy , Lithotripsy , Skin Diseases/therapy , Aged , Calcinosis/epidemiology , Comorbidity , Female , Humans , Leg Ulcer/epidemiology , Leg Ulcer/therapy , Skin Diseases/epidemiologyABSTRACT
Pseudoneoplastic Chlamydia trachomatis epididymo-orchitis is a rare clinical entity. The differential diagnosis with malignant tumour of the testis remains difficult and surgical exploration with orchidectomy is often difficult to avoid. Urgent testing for Chlamydia trachomatis by PCR in urine, semen and a urethral swab confirms the diagnosis and allows introduction of antibiotic therapy rather than surgical exploration.
