title: Dirofilariasis Mimicking an Acute Scrotum.
abstract: Human infections caused by Dirofilaria repens have been reported in many areas of the world. We describe a case of a 3-year-old child with an intrascrotal mass caused by D repens mimicking an acute scrotum. This represents the first case of scrotal dirofilariasis described in pediatric age with such an unusual presentation.
authors: From the *Struttura Complessa di Clinica Chirurgica Pediatrica, and †Struttura Complessa di Clinica Pediatrica, Università degli Studi di Perugia, Ospedale S. Maria della Misericordia; and ‡Struttura Semplice Dipartimentale Citologia ed Istologia Diagnostica, Ospedale S. Maria della Misericordia, Azienda Ospedaliera di Perugia, Perugia, Italy.
authors: Mirko
authors: M
authors: Bertozzi
authors: Victoria Elisa
authors: VE
authors: Rinaldi
authors: Marco
authors: M
authors: Prestipino
authors: Paolo
authors: P
authors: Giovenali
authors: Antonino
authors: A
authors: Appignani
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D060348:Dirofilaria repens / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004184:Dirofilariasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D005832:Genital Diseases, Male / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012611:Scrotum / Q000473:pathology*