Acute pancreatitis revealed by right orchi - Epididymitis: A case report and review of the literature

Abstract

Orchiepididymitis is a rare complication of acute pancreatitis and leads to misdiagnosis and unnecessary surgery.Abdominal pelvic CT and testicular Doppler ultrasound are the two key examinations in this situation.This is about a 38-year-old patient, seen in the emergency room in an initial picture of right orchiepididymitis secondary to a migration of pancreatic fluid collection treated with antibiotic therapy with monitoring.No consensus as to management has not been established so far.- According to the 2012 Atlanta Consensus: basic antibiotic therapy is recommended in case of suspected infection of these collections.

Keywords

• Orchi-epididymitis
• Actue pancratis
• Pancreatic fluid collection
• Pancreatitis