Hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) is a childhood febrile disease. Oral lesions and papulovesicular lesions on the hands and feet are the clinical signs of the disease. In our case, a 17-year-old boy presented to the emergency department, where he was diagnosed with HFMD. After 6days, he felt intense pain in his right testicle, and therefore an ultrasound (US) examination was performed. US detected a hypoechoic mass-like area in the right testis. Viral etiology was suspected, and no therapy was prescribed. After a little more than 3months, US examination showed a reduced lesion size. Viral epididymo-orchitis should be suspected in young men with a recent history of HFMD and testicular pain.

An unusual location of hand, foot and mouth disease / Di Lella, Enrico; Angelini, Flavia; Campagnano, Sarah; Messineo, Daniela; Drudi, Francesco Maria. - In: JOURNAL OF ULTRASOUND. - ISSN 1876-7931. - (2021). [10.1007/s40477-021-00558-y]

An unusual location of hand, foot and mouth disease

Angelini, Flavia
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Messineo, Daniela
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Drudi, Francesco Maria
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2021

Abstract

Hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) is a childhood febrile disease. Oral lesions and papulovesicular lesions on the hands and feet are the clinical signs of the disease. In our case, a 17-year-old boy presented to the emergency department, where he was diagnosed with HFMD. After 6days, he felt intense pain in his right testicle, and therefore an ultrasound (US) examination was performed. US detected a hypoechoic mass-like area in the right testis. Viral etiology was suspected, and no therapy was prescribed. After a little more than 3months, US examination showed a reduced lesion size. Viral epididymo-orchitis should be suspected in young men with a recent history of HFMD and testicular pain.
2021
Coxsackie virus; Epididymo-orchitis; HFMD; Orchitis; ultrasound
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An unusual location of hand, foot and mouth disease / Di Lella, Enrico; Angelini, Flavia; Campagnano, Sarah; Messineo, Daniela; Drudi, Francesco Maria. - In: JOURNAL OF ULTRASOUND. - ISSN 1876-7931. - (2021). [10.1007/s40477-021-00558-y]
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