title: Acute scrotum secondary to filarial infection: a case report.
abstract: A 23-year-old man immigrated from Sri Lanka came to our observation for an acute painful volume increase of the right scrotum without fever. Clinical examination suggested a diagnosis of testis torsion. An exploratory surgical procedure was performed. An inflammatory spermatic cord and epididymis with a purple nodule of the middle portion were found. The nodule was excised and sent to pathologist that diagnosed a filarial infection. The patient was successfully treated with diethylcarbamazine.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, San Martino Hospital, University of Genoa, Italy.
authors.forename: Mauro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pacella
authors.forename: Carlo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Corbu
authors.forename: Angelo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Naselli
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Quilici
authors.forename: Giorgio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Carmignani
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004049:Diethylcarbamazine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004605:Elephantiasis, Filarial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005369:Filaricides / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005832:Genital Diseases, Male / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012611:Scrotum / Q000469:parasitology*; D013086:Spermatic Cord Torsion / Q000175:diagnosis; D014958:Wuchereria bancrofti / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D005369:Filaricides; D004049:Diethylcarbamazine