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Testicular Torsion Induced By Epididymo-Orchitis: A Case Report, Ali Akbar Zehri, Allyzain Ismail, Philip Adebayo, Authar Ali

Faculty of Health Sciences, East Africa

Introduction and importance:

Acute scrotum is considered a urological emergency requiring early intervention depending on the cause. There are multiple causes of acute scrotum with testicular torsion being the most feared as delayed treatment leads to testicular loss. However, differentiating between epididymo-orchitis and torsion can be very difficult.

Case presentation: We present a case of an 18-year old male patient with 2 separate episodes of acute scrotum. He had epididymo-orchitis as the first presentation followed by testicular torsion 5 days later. To our knowledge this is the first case of testicular torsion secondary to epididymo-orchitis.

Clinical discussion: Differentiating between epididymo-orchitis …