[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: Yoshitaka Sekine, Yutaka Kubota, Jun Kurihara
• Journal: Hinyokika kiyo. Acta urologica Japonica (Hinyokika Kiyo) Vol. 48 Issue 9 Pg. 569-71 (Sep 2002) ISSN: 0018-1994 [Print] Japan
• PMID: 12402486 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Child
• Epididymis (surgery)
• Epididymitis (diagnostic imaging, pathology, surgery)
• Humans
• Male
• Recurrence
• Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color