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Is there any association of COVID‐19 with testicular pain and epididymo‐orchitis? by Caner Ediz; Hasan Huseyin Tavukcu; Serkan Akan; Yunus Emre Kizilkan; Adem Alcin; Kerem Oz; Omer Yilmaz is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
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## Aims: This study aims to analyse the novel coronavirus disease- (covid-19) related testicular pain in hospitalised patients because of covid-19 and to review as an aetiological factor for epididymitis, orchitis or both. ## Methods: A total of 91 patients were included in the study. a questionnaire was formed for the questioning of testicular pain or epididymo-orchitis in patients with covid-19. demographics and past medical history was also recorded. patients' neutrophil and lymphocyte counts, neutrophil-lymphocyte ratios (nlr), c-reactive protein (crp) levels and d-dimer values were recorded. patients with covid-19 were divided into two groups according to absence or presence of testicular pain or epididymo-orchitis as group 1 and group 2. all results were compared for both groups. ## Results: The median age of patients was similar in both groups. testicular pain was occurred in 10.98% of the patients. clinical presentation of epididymo-orchitis was diagnosed in only one patient. no statistically significant difference was reported in terms of patients' age, levels of crp and d-dimer or nlr and results of questionnaire form queries between the two groups (p > .05). ## Conclusio
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- Author
- Caner Ediz; Hasan Huseyin Tavukcu; Serkan Akan; Yunus Emre Kizilkan; Adem Alcin; Kerem Oz; Omer Yilmaz
- Publisher
- Hindawi Limited
- Published
- 2020
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)