Çocuklarda nadir bir bruselloz komplikasyonu: Epididimoorşit

Bruselloz ülkemizde endemik olarak görülen zoonotik bir hastalık olup birçok sistemi etkileyen komplikasyonlara yol açabilmektedir. Brusellozlu olgularda genitoüriner sistem tutulumu nadirdir. Epididimoorşit, brusellozun en sık görülen genitoüriner sistem komplikasyonudur. Bu yazıda tekrarlayan epididimorşitle başvuran brusellozlu bir olgu sunulmuştur.

A rare complication of brucellosis ın children: Epididymoorchitis

Brucellosis is an endemic zoonotic disease in our country and may lead to complications affecting many systems. Genitourinary tract involvement is rare in cases with brucellosis. Epididymoorchitis is the most frequent genitourinary system complication of brucellosis. In this article we report a case of brucellosis presented with recurrent epididymoorchitis.

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