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Bancroftian filariasis associated with male sterility
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  1. Dwijesh Kumar Panda1,
  2. Devi Prasad Mohapatra2
  1. 1Department of Pathology and Medicine, Sanaria, Bhubaneswar, India
  2. 2Department of Plastic Surgery, JIPMER, Puducherry, India
  1. Correspondence to Dr Dwijesh Kumar Panda, doctordwijesh{at}yahoo.com

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A 33-year-old man presented with recurrent pain and swelling in the inguinal region since the last 8 years, occasional fever and loss of sex drive. The pain and swelling usually lasted for 2–3 weeks with a pain-free interval of 4–5 months. He felt that the size of the left testis is gradually reducing. He had been married for more than 5 years without having any children. Clinical examination revealed swelling and tenderness of the scrotum more on the right (figure 1A).

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(A) A 33-year- old man with right-sided testicular swelling. (B) Ultrasonography of the scrotum reveals a hypoechogenic, small right testis with irregularly …

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