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Nader Salama1, Alaa Hatem1, Omer Sirelkhatim Hassan2
1Department of Urology, Alexandria Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria, Egypt.
Abstract:
Epididymo-orchitis is a common intra-scrotal inflammation among males that causes swelling of the epididymis and testis. In the era of modern antibiotics, complications associated with this condition are now rare. Herein, we report a 28-year-old man with acute epididymo-orchitis complicated by the formation of several abscesses involving the left testis and seminal vesicles. The literature review showed this patient as the first case with such extensive complications following epididymo-orchitis. Initial antimicrobial therapy was unable to resolve the condition. The management necessitated surgical intervention, which included MRI-guided aspiration of the seminal vesicle abscesses and testicular sparing drainage of the testicular abscess.
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