Sani Iliya, Yamuna Kani Aminu, Yahaya Muhammad, Ibrahim Kamilu Muhammad, Pwanidi Sofeme-Alfred, Mahmud Yandutse Inusa, Ibrahim Adogwu

Prolonged Scrotal Pain Resulting from Testicular Schistosomiasis: Case Report

Sani Iliya¹, Yamuna Aminu Kani², Yahaya Muhammad³, Ibrahim Muhammad Kamilu⁴, Pwanidi Sofeme-Alfred⁵, Mahmud Inusa Yandutse⁶, Adogu Ibrahim⁴

¹Department of Biological Sciences, School of Pure and Applied Sciences, Mount Kenya University Thika, Kenya

²College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Federal University Dutse, Dutse, Nigeria

³Department of Chemical pathology Rasheed Shekoni Teaching Hospital Dutse, Jigawa, Nigeria

⁴Department of Histopathology Rasheed Shekoni Teaching Hospital Dutse, Jigawa, Nigeria

⁵Department of Surgery, Rasheed Shekoni Teaching Hospital, Dutse, Nigeria

⁶Department of Chemical pathology Federal Medical Center, Katsina, Nigeria

 

ABSTRACT

Testicular Schistosomiasis causes acute and chronic scrotal pain causes, typically by one or more species of blood flukes of the genus Schistosoma, which are rarely seen. Therefore, specimens for the diagnosis are usually biopsies from the testes and tissue sections from orchidectomy. This case report was aimed to present the diagnosis of testicular Schistosomiasis resulting from orchidectomy due to prolonged scrotal pain. Microscopic examination of a histological specimen stained by hematoxylin and eosin revealed dispersed viable and calcified ova of Schistosoma haematobium. This finding provided a rare case of testicular Schistosomiasis that clinicians and other healthcare professionals should be mindful of when dealing with cases with scrotal involvement, especially in endemic areas, to avoid unnecessary orchidectomy.  J Microbiol Infect Dis 2022; 12(4):167-170.

Keywords: Orchidectomy, testicular Schistosomiasis, S. haematobium, Histology 

Volume 12, Number 04 (2022)