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Epidymo-orchitis can compromise the testicular blood supply, leading to a microinfarction and rupture through the tunica albuginea; inflammatory and infectious material then translocate into the tunica vaginalis leading to the formation of a pyocele. Ultrasonography is the preferred method of diagnostic imaging, which can show a classic \u201cfalling snow\u201d sign, loculations, or gas. The treatment for a scrotal pyocele is pain control, fluid resuscitation, broad-spectrum antibiotics, and early urology\/general surgery consultation. 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