Introduction
Coronaviruse cause either self-limiting mild infection or more serious
infections that effect to the whole body. CoV disease has first reported
on January 7, 2020, as a result of investigations from pneumonia cases
of unknown etiology in Wuhan, China’s Hubei province. COVID-19 caused a
pandemic that has begun as pneumonia of unclear etiology which has
spread all over the world. The disease is transmitted mainly through
droplets. As the virus can be detected in the respiratory secretions of
asymptomatic people, of whome could transmit the disease to another
people.
The recommendations of the genitourinary system associated with COVID-19
are generally focused on management of urological diseases or treatment
methods. 1-4 If we evaluated in terms of genitourinary
pathologies, acute kidney failure is among the most frequently studied
subjects.5,6 Studies published of the relationship
between the genitourinary cancers and Covid-19 has usually focused on
the management of prostate cancer or bladder cancer
.7-14 In these studies, the roles of CoV presence in
the diagnosis and treatment of urinary system pathologies were mentioned
and disease management was explained with general recommendations.
The relationship between testicular pain and COVID-19 is one of the
least informed subjects among the existing urological diseases. In the
current literature, only one case report was published regarding
COVID-19 related scrotal or testicular pain.15,16 In
this study, we aimed to evaluate COVID-19 related testicular pain in
hospitalized patients due to COVID-19 and to review as an etiological
factor for epididymo-orchitis.