Acute scrotum secondary to filarial infection: a case report.

A 23-year-old man immigrated from Sri Lankacame to our observation for an acute painfulvolume increase of the right scrotum withoutfever. Clinical examination suggested adiagnosis of testis torsion. An exploratorysurgical procedure was performed. Aninflammatory spermatic cord and epididymis witha purple nodule of the middle portion werefound. The nodule was excised and sent topathologist that diagnosed a filarialinfection. The patient was successfully treatedwith diethylcarbamazine.