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21 kwi 2017 · Let us take a moment to review how Epididymitis in Children: Acute scrotal pain is not uncommon in the Peds ED. Epididymitis is not rare in children. Older literature described it as a rare condition, but newer research shows greater frequency of disease than previously known. [Nistal, 2016; Redshaw, 2014]
Acute epididymitis is considered to have an important role in children with scrotal pain. Recent reports have shown that urinalysis is not helpful for the diagnosis and treatment of acute epididymitis owing to negative microbiological findings.
Using MEDLINE ®, a literature search was performed for articles in English with the words “pre-pubertal” OR “boys” OR “p (a)ediatric” OR “children” AND “epididymitis” OR “epididymo-orchitis”. The literature suggests that it is rare to find a bacterial infection or anatomical anomaly as a cause for AE in this population.
1 lis 2016 · Acute epididymitis can usually be treated in the outpatient setting with follow-up within one week to evaluate for clinical response to treatment.
A systematic review of studies completed in the last 11 years for the treatment of acute epididymitis identified 1534 records, of which 29 were assessed for eligibility, and only 1 study met the criteria for inclusion.
1 gru 1996 · Acute epididymitis and orchitis result in pain and swelling of the contents of the scrotal sac. The differential diagnoses include torsion of the spermatic cord, torsion of the appendix testis, hernia, hydrocele, and trauma.
7 wrz 2020 · Epididymitis is an inflammation of the epididymis, a tubular structure on the testis where sperms mature. Epididymitis is a relatively common condition that is easily be confused with testicular torsion. Epididymitis is managed medically, whereas testicular torsion is a surgical emergency.
