Torsion of an Indirect Hernia Sac Causing Acute Scrotal Swelling in a Child

Torsion of a hernia sac is an extremely rare condition that presents as acute scrotum in children. We report a case of a 6-year-old boy who presented with an acute scrotum and was found during surgical exploration to have torsion of an indirect hernia sac associated with hydrocele. Upon scrotal expl...

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Autores principales: Nam, Jong Kil, Ahn, Jae Hyun, Kim, Hyeon Woo, Park, Hyun Jun, Lee, Sang Don, Chung, Moon Kee
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Society for Sexual Medicine and Andrology 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3623525/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23596604
http://dx.doi.org/10.5534/wjmh.2012.30.2.150
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author Nam, Jong Kil
Ahn, Jae Hyun
Kim, Hyeon Woo
Park, Hyun Jun
Lee, Sang Don
Chung, Moon Kee
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description Torsion of a hernia sac is an extremely rare condition that presents as acute scrotum in children. We report a case of a 6-year-old boy who presented with an acute scrotum and was found during surgical exploration to have torsion of an indirect hernia sac associated with hydrocele. Upon scrotal exploration, deterioration of the scrotum due to inflammatory changes was found. A necrotic cyst was recognized within a communicating hydrocele of the scrotum and was twisted at an angle of about 360°. All urologists should be aware of this special condition in the differential diagnosis of acute scrotum.
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spelling pubmed-36235252013-04-17 Torsion of an Indirect Hernia Sac Causing Acute Scrotal Swelling in a Child Nam, Jong Kil Ahn, Jae Hyun Kim, Hyeon Woo Park, Hyun Jun Lee, Sang Don Chung, Moon Kee World J Mens Health Case Report Torsion of a hernia sac is an extremely rare condition that presents as acute scrotum in children. We report a case of a 6-year-old boy who presented with an acute scrotum and was found during surgical exploration to have torsion of an indirect hernia sac associated with hydrocele. Upon scrotal exploration, deterioration of the scrotum due to inflammatory changes was found. A necrotic cyst was recognized within a communicating hydrocele of the scrotum and was twisted at an angle of about 360°. All urologists should be aware of this special condition in the differential diagnosis of acute scrotum. Korean Society for Sexual Medicine and Andrology 2012-08 2012-08-31 /pmc/articles/PMC3623525/ /pubmed/23596604 http://dx.doi.org/10.5534/wjmh.2012.30.2.150 Text en Copyright © 2012 Korean Society for Sexual Medicine and Andrology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_sort torsion of an indirect hernia sac causing acute scrotal swelling in a child
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