title: [Recurrent epididymitis in a child without genitourinary malformations: a case report].
abstract: The patient was a 12-year-old boy, who was brought to our hospital with a chief complaint of swelling and pain in the right scrotum. Color Doppler ultrasonography showed blood flow in the right testis and increased blood flow at the right epididymis. Our diagnosis was right epididymitis, and the swelling of the scrotum was improved by antibiotics. Since there was recurrence, right epididymectomy was performed. Histological diagnosis was chronic epididymitis. Postoperative, screening for abnormalities in the urinary tract revealed no malformations. Recurrent epididymitis in a child without genitourinary malformations is a very rare pathology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Haramachi Red Cross Hospital.
authors.forename: Yoshitaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sekine
authors.forename: Yutaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kubota
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kurihara
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D004822:Epididymis / Q000601:surgery*; D004823:Epididymitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012008:Recurrence; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color