Abstract
It is inflammation of epididymis and testis due to the death of filarial worms, which may be precipitated by secondary bacterial infection. It is one of the common manifestation of filariasis (Das 2013; Pani 2013).
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Goel, T.C., Goel, A. (2016). Filarial Epididymo-Orchitis. In: Lymphatic Filariasis. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-2257-9_17
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