Postsurgical changes in the testis: a diagnostic dilemma.

摘要

Postsurgical changes in the testicle following epididymal surgery may mimic neoplastic transformation on ultrasound evaluation. We report a case in which postoperative ultrasound findings following epididymectomy, which in retrospect were consistent with tubular ectasia of the rete testis, resulted in unnecessary testicular biopsy and orchiectomy.