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Scholars Journal of Medical Case Reports | Volume-14 | Issue-10
Open Scrotal Dog Bite Injuries: A Series of 3 Cases
Mouad El Badr, Ayoub Naciri, Yassine Daghdagh, Adil Kbirou, Amine Moataz, Mohamed Dakir, Adil Debbagh, Rachid Aboutaieb
Published: Oct. 8, 2026 | 18 13
Pages: 2195-2198
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Abstract
Introduction: Open scrotal dog bite injuries are rare in urological practice but potentially severe, given the risk of skin loss, testicular injury, and infectious complications, including rabies. Their management remains poorly standardized and is based on limited case series. Case presentation: We report three cases of open scrotal trauma caused by stray dog bites, managed at the Department of Urology, CHU Ibn Rochd, Casablanca. The patients were three males aged 19, 29 and 36 years, admitted to the emergency department for a scrotal bite wound, with variable injury severity ranging from a simple skin laceration to testicular exteriorization. Management combined, according to lesion severity, simple skin suture or surgical exploration with debridement and wound edge approximation, systematic tetanus and rabies serovaccination, and antibiotic prophylaxis with amoxicillin-clavulanic acid. Outcome was favorable in all three cases, without testicular loss or infectious complication. Conclusion: Scrotal dog bites are a rare urological emergency requiring careful clinical and ultrasonographic assessment for testicular injury, surgical management tailored to lesion grade, and systematic tetanus and rabies prophylaxis. Early surgical exploration should be widely indicated for any complex scrotal wound to optimize testicular salvage and functional and cosmetic outcome.