Testicular Dirofilariasis in an Italian 11-Year-old Child.
Andrea PansiniVittoria Carlotta MagenesFrancesca CasiniGabriella GuidaMarina De SanctisCarlotta Paola Maria CanonicaRoberta Simona RossiGianvincenzo ZuccottiVania GiacometPublished in: The Pediatric infectious disease journal (2022)
Dirofilariasis is a rare infection caused by a vector-borne nematode that can be accidentally transmitted to humans. We report a case of a 11-year-old child with a painless scrotal cyst caused by Dirofilaria repens , initially suspected by ultrasound scan and then confirmed by histopathologic examination.