Testicular schistosomiasis mimicking hydrocele in a child: a case report

Schistosomiasis is a disease of profound public health importance worldwide. Testicular schistosomiasis (TS) is however still considered as a rare entity despite the burden of the disease. We report a case of a 9 year old male who presented with features suggestive of testicular hydrocele. The sperm...

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Autores principales: Oguntunde, Olubanji Ajibola, Ikhisemojie, Sylvester, Sonusi, Sandra Esse, Oyebode, Adeyemi, Abdulkareem, Biade, Banjo, Adekunbiola Aina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2020
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7250213/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32537060
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2020.35.56.16322
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Sumario:Schistosomiasis is a disease of profound public health importance worldwide. Testicular schistosomiasis (TS) is however still considered as a rare entity despite the burden of the disease. We report a case of a 9 year old male who presented with features suggestive of testicular hydrocele. The spermatic cord and testis were seen as thickened lesion on examination and a biopsy taken revealed calcified ova of Schistosoma haematobium. This is being reported to enhance increased suspicion amongst surgeons in cases of testicular masses within endemic settings like Nigeria.

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