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Volume 28, Number 12—December 2022
Research Letter

Dirofilaria repens Testicular Infection in Child, Italy

Sara UgoliniComments to Author , Mario Lima, Michela Maffi, Francesco Pierangeli, Marzia Vastano, Tommaso Gargano, Stefania Varani, Andrea Gustinelli, Monica Caffara, and Maria L. Fioravanti
Author affiliations: Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester, UK (S. Ugolini); University of Manchester NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester (S. Ugolini); IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero–Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy (M. Lima, M. Maffi, M. Vastano, T. Gargano, S. Varani); Ospedali Riuniti di Ancona, Ancona, Italy (F. Pierangeli); Alma Mater Studiorum–University of Bologna, Bologna (M. Lima, T. Gargano, S. Varani, A. Gustinelli, M. Caffara, M.L. Fioravanti)

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Diagnostic evaluation of Dirofilaria repens testicular infection in a child from Italy, a boy 13 years of age who had a 5-month history of swelling in the left testicle. A) Ultrasound scan showed a 0.5 × 0.9 cm hypoechoic cyst with moving artifacts and thread-like hyperechoic structures. B) Magnetic resonance imaging showed the cyst was located on the testis without signs of infiltration and contained fluid mixed with tubular structures and moving artifacts. C) Exploration of the scrotum before cyst excision showed a well-circumscribed, encapsulated tense nodule on the left side. D) The cyst was excised and a coiled roundworm was found in the opened capsule. E) We identified the nematode as a female D. repens nematode by microscopically observing typical longitudinal ridges on the body surface. Scale bar indicates 50 μm. Dist, distance.

Figure. Diagnostic evaluation of Dirofilaria repens testicular infection in a child from Italy, a boy 13 years of age who had a 5-month history of swelling in the left testicle. A) Ultrasound scan showed a 0.5 × 0.9 cm hypoechoic cyst with moving artifacts and thread-like hyperechoic structures. B) Magnetic resonance imaging showed the cyst was located on the testis without signs of infiltration and contained fluid mixed with tubular structures and moving artifacts. C) Exploration of the scrotum before cyst excision showed a well-circumscribed, encapsulated tense nodule on the left side. D) The cyst was excised and a coiled roundworm was found in the opened capsule. E) We identified the nematode as a female D. repens nematode by microscopically observing typical longitudinal ridges on the body surface. Scale bar indicates 50 μm. Dist, distance.

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