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The patient noticed a small painless nodule in his scrotum with no other pathological findings. The tumor-like lesion was surgically removed. Dirofilariasis was not suspected before this procedure, but the diagnosis was made on histological examination of the extracted tissue. Surgical removal of the helminth is the radical treatment of this disease. 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