TY - JOUR
T1 - Atypical presentation of COVID-19
T2 - Chronic bilateral testicular pain with lower extremity peripheral polyneuropathy, case report
AU - Salazar, Aníbal
AU - Gonzalez, Agustín
AU - Murray, Nigel P.
AU - Castro, Carlos
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021
PY - 2022/1
Y1 - 2022/1
N2 - In context of COVID-19 pandemic, there has been different presentations of the infection. The relationship of testicular pain with COVID-19 has not been extensively studied. We present a 31 years old male, with SARS-COV-2 infection, repeatedly consulting for intermittent bilateral testicular pain. Two months later he reported acute loss sensibility and pain in extremities, being diagnosed with axonal fine fiber polyneuropathy. Although the presence of SARS-COV-2 in testis remains controversial, there is a potential orchiepididymitis risk due to viral binding to ACE2 receptor in testicle, and also could induce systemic vasculitis as another possible cause of orchitis.
AB - In context of COVID-19 pandemic, there has been different presentations of the infection. The relationship of testicular pain with COVID-19 has not been extensively studied. We present a 31 years old male, with SARS-COV-2 infection, repeatedly consulting for intermittent bilateral testicular pain. Two months later he reported acute loss sensibility and pain in extremities, being diagnosed with axonal fine fiber polyneuropathy. Although the presence of SARS-COV-2 in testis remains controversial, there is a potential orchiepididymitis risk due to viral binding to ACE2 receptor in testicle, and also could induce systemic vasculitis as another possible cause of orchitis.
KW - ACE2
KW - Orchitis testicular pain
KW - Peripheral polyneuropathy
KW - SARS-CoV-2 COVID-19
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85118884015
U2 - 10.1016/j.eucr.2021.101932
DO - 10.1016/j.eucr.2021.101932
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85118884015
SN - 2214-4420
VL - 40
JO - Urology Case Reports
JF - Urology Case Reports
M1 - 101932
ER -