daneshmandiz@yahoo.com
6. Professor, Pediatric
Respiratory Diseases Research Center, National Research Institute of
Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (NRITLD), Department of Pediatrics,
Tehran, Iran. Email: velayati@theaasm.org
7. Clinical nephrologist,
Pediatric Respiratory Diseases Research Center, National Research
Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (NRITLD), Department of
Pediatrics, Masih Daneshvari Hospital, Tehran, Iran. Email:parisa30m@yahoo.com
*Corresponding author:Parisa Honarpisheh, Pediatric Respiratory Diseases Research Center,
National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (NRITLD),
Department of Pediatrics, Tehran, Iran.
Email: parisa30m@yahoo.com, ORCID: 0000-0001-5889-9475Address: Masih Daneshvari Hospital, Darabad Avenue, Niavaran
st., Tehran, Iran. ZIP: 1956944413Phone number: +9821-27123000, +989133619890Fax number: 26109680-26109484
Abstract : Although most manifestations of coronavirus infection
in children are mainly related to the respiratory and gastrointestinal
organs, involvement of other organs has also been seen with less
prevalence. Although little is known about its impact on male genitalia,
because of the expression of virus receptors in male genitalia, the
genital system is regarded as at risk for this virus and may be a
potential target for this virus. In this case, we reported orchitis
following COVID-19 infection in a 7-year-old boy who developed orchitis
in the third week of the disease. Orchitis was diagnosed based on
clinical and radiological investigations and recovered spontaneously
with supportive care. This case highlights this virus can enter testes
and cause virus-induced orchitis and orchitis should be considered one
of the rare complications of COVID-19.
Keywords : COVID-19, orchitis, scrotal discomfort