ABSTRACT
Testicular varicocele is an abnormal dilatation of the pampiniform venous plexus in scrotum. About 93% occur on the left side. Right-sided testicular varicocele is rare and can be caused by renal tumour, therefore ultrasound scan of the abdomen has been recommended to exclude the presence of occult malignancy. We report a case of renal cell carcinoma in a patient, who presented solely with right-sided testicular swelling caused by an underlying testicular varicocele.
Subject(s)
Carcinoma, Renal Cell/complications , Kidney Neoplasms/complications , Varicocele/etiology , Carcinoma, Renal Cell/diagnosis , Carcinoma, Renal Cell/diagnostic imaging , Carcinoma, Renal Cell/surgery , Humans , Kidney Neoplasms/diagnosis , Kidney Neoplasms/diagnostic imaging , Kidney Neoplasms/surgery , Male , Middle Aged , Tomography, X-Ray ComputedABSTRACT
We report a possible and rare case of drug-induced organizing pneumonia in a patient receiving daptomycin. A 75-year-old man with acute infective aorta valve endocarditis due to Enterococcus faecalis developed organizing pneumonia following treatment with intravenous daptomycin and ceftriaxone. The patient could have acquired an infectious agent which was resistant to ceftriaxone, such as Legionella, and he was thus treated with ciprofloxacin and rifampicin. However, no antigen was found in the urine, and the patient's symptoms subsided after daptomycin was discontinued.
