Epididymal calcification in genital filariasis.
Although calcification of the epididymis has been described occasionally in the histologic sections of sperm granuloma, epididymal tuberculosis, and filarial funiculoepididymitis, it has not been demonstrated radiologically. Two cases of epididymal calcification due to long-standing genital filariasis are presented. Both the patients presented with chronic bilateral funiculoepididymitis, and in one secondary sterility also developed due to destruction and calcification of both the epididymides. Calcification of the epididymis in filariasis appears to be due to calcification of the dead adult filarial worm. Radiologic demonstration of this calcification would help to differentiate various types of funiculoepididymitis.
D000328:Adult; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D004822:Epididymis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004823:Epididymitis / Q000150:complications; D005368:Filariasis / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D013733:Testicular Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology