Coxsackievirus A6 can cause epididymitis as a unique manifestation of hand, foot, and mouth disease.
May warrant enteroviral testing in epididymitis with HFMD features; extends known manifestations but remains hypothesis-generating.
Coxsackievirus A6 (CV-A6) caused hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) with a unique manifestation of epididymitis. The patient underwent operation due to suspicion of testicular torsion. Epididymitis was diagnosed by ultrasound examination. Enterovirus was detected from epididymal fluid by PCR and typed by partial sequencing of viral protein 1 as CV-A6.
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