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Pyuria and bacteriuria (white blood cells and bacteria in the urine) in patients with acute scrotum suggests an infectious cause such as epididymitis or orchitis and specific testing for gonorrhea and chlamydia should be done. All people with chronic pain should be tested for gonorrhea and chlamydia.
Causes of painful scrotal swelling include torsion of the testis and its appendages, epididymitis, orchitis, incarcerated hernia, infarcted germ cell tumour, scrotal cellulites, and trauma. Our patient's swelling was self induced. Scrotal cellulitis as a complication of infusion of saline in a 37 year old man has previously been reported but his HIV status was not given. Gaseous inflation of the scrotum causing scrotal emphysema has also been recognised.