Acutely painful scrotum: Tips, traps, tricks and truths
Author(s)
McBride, Craig A
Patel, Bhaveshkumar
Griffith University Author(s)
Year published
2017
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The term ‘acute scrotum’ applies to patients presenting with scrotal pain, swelling and/or redness. It comprises a wide list of differential diagnoses, of which torsion of the spermatic cord (testicular torsion) is the most urgent to treat. The acute scrotum represents 0.3% of all paediatric emergency presentations. This article examines acute scrotal presentations and their differential diagnoses. Its intent is to arm clinicians with a pragmatic set of guidelines and an approach to diagnosis that will minimise the risk of missing a patient with testicular torsion.The term ‘acute scrotum’ applies to patients presenting with scrotal pain, swelling and/or redness. It comprises a wide list of differential diagnoses, of which torsion of the spermatic cord (testicular torsion) is the most urgent to treat. The acute scrotum represents 0.3% of all paediatric emergency presentations. This article examines acute scrotal presentations and their differential diagnoses. Its intent is to arm clinicians with a pragmatic set of guidelines and an approach to diagnosis that will minimise the risk of missing a patient with testicular torsion.
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Journal Title
Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health
Volume
53
Issue
11
Subject
Clinical sciences
Health services and systems
Public health
Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Pediatrics
Spermatic Cord Torsion
Testicular Torsion