PMID: 9535614Apr 16, 1998Paper

Left acute scrotum associated with appendicitis

International Journal of Urology : Official Journal of the Japanese Urological Association
R YasumotoT Ikehara

Abstract

A 10-year-old boy, who had a mild inguinal hernia in his left scrotum, was referred to our clinic because of redness of the scrotal skin and tenderness of the left scrotal contents. Scrotal echography showed a hypoechoic lesion around the normal testis and epididymis. Because torsion of either the testis or testicular appendage was suspected, the scrotum was opened and 1.5 mL of purulent fluid was observed in the tunica vaginalis with inflammatory tissue around the testis and epididymis. On the first postoperative day, a low grade fever and abdominal tenderness persisted, however, the abdomen was flat and soft. There was no marked tenderness over McBurney's point, but there was moderate tenderness over Lanz's point on deep palpation. Abdominal sonography and magnetic resonance imaging revealed abscess formation between the bladder and the sacrum. With a diagnosis of perforation of the appendix, a laparotomy was performed. The inguinal hernia sac could not be observed on inspection, and it was not possible to palpate the left side because of severe adhesion due to infection. Also, the neck of the right inguinal sac could not be seen. The appendix specimen was gangrenous. On the second postsurgical day, all symptoms and signs dis...Continue Reading

References

Aug 1, 1979·Archives of Surgery·A Serrano, N B Ackerman
Mar 1, 1989·The Japanese Journal of Surgery·A Korkmaz
Sep 1, 1995·The Journal of Urology·B M TrippG Kiruluta

❮ Previous
Next ❯

Citations

Sep 17, 2008·Hernia : the Journal of Hernias and Abdominal Wall Surgery·A KaratasZ Salihoğlu
Mar 31, 2007·Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery : Official Journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract·Alan K Meinke
Jan 25, 2011·Journal of Medical Case Reports·Khalid N Shehzad, Amjid A Riaz
Apr 9, 2010·Journal of Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons·Khizer MansoorYasen Fayez Alalayet
Nov 28, 2013·American Journal of Surgery·Adamantios MichalinosSpiridon Vernadakis
Feb 21, 2003·Journal of Clinical Ultrasound : JCU·Ahmet CelikErol Balik
Sep 19, 2007·Seminars in Ultrasound, CT, and MR·Brian D Coley
Nov 17, 2009·Surgery·Levent CankorkmazGokhan Koyluoglu
Aug 31, 2016·Pediatric and Developmental Pathology : the Official Journal of the Society for Pediatric Pathology and the Paediatric Pathology Society·Manuel NistalMiguel Reyes-Múgica
Aug 6, 2011·American Journal of Men's Health·Paul O Dienye, Nze J Jebbin
May 30, 2009·Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography·Sarah Constantine
Jan 21, 2020·The Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics : a Journal of the American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics·Julian J Koplin, Julian Savulescu
Apr 14, 2020·Journal of Surgical Case Reports·Jonathan KeyesPamela I Ellsworth

❮ Previous
Next ❯

Related Concepts

Related Feeds

Bladder Carcinoma In Situ

Bladder Carcinoma In Situ is a superficial bladder cancer that occurs on the surface layer of the bladder. Discover the latest research on this precancerous condition in this feed.

© 2022 Meta ULC. All rights reserved