title: [Acute epididymitis in a 3-month-old infant: an infrequent presentation].
abstract: The acute Epididymitis is a very uncommon disease in children under 3 years old. We present the clinic case in a suckling child of 3 months old with onset of an acute scrotum, being necessary the surgical exploration to define the exact diagnosis of acute Epididymitis. We make a revision on world medical references and found out a very low incidence in children under 1 year old (0.7-3%); so it is considered of interest to publish it with the double finality to be taken into account in the presence of an acute scrotum and to contribute with a new case of this unusual pathology in babies under 1 year old.
authors.affiliation: Servcicio de Urología, Hospital Montecelo, Pontevedra.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Varela Salgado
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: García Riestra
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Meiras Barreiro
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Llovo Taboada
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D004823:Epididymitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male