Nematode infection mimicking paratesticular malignancy
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Jins Kallampallil1, Sarah J Wood, Timothy O'Dempsey
1Department of Paediatric Surgery, The Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Manchester, UK.
BMJ Case Reports
|December 12, 2013
Abstract:
Paratesticular swellings pose a diagnostic dilemma due to concerns over malignancy. We present a case of paratesticular swelling in a 13-year-old boy as a result of Dirofilaria immitis infection. The boy presented with a 2-month history of right testicular discomfort associated with an irregular mass within the scrotum.