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Acute scrotum secondary to filarial infection: a case report
Mauro Pacella1, Carlo Corbu, Angelo Naselli
1Department of Urology, San Martino Hospital, University of Genoa, Italy.
International Urology and Nephrology
|August 6, 2003
Abstract:
A 23-year-old man immigrated from Sri Lanka came to our observation for an acute painful volume increase of the right scrotum without fever. Clinical examination suggested a diagnosis of testis torsion. An exploratory surgical procedure was performed. An inflammatory spermatic cord and epididymis with a purple nodule of the middle portion were found. The nodule was excised and sent to pathologist that diagnosed a filarial infection. The patient was successfully treated with diethylcarbamazine.