Scrotoschisis: A rare cause of acute scrotum in neonates

Spontaneous extrusion of the testis from the scrotum is a very rare cause of acute scrotum in neonates. It has been described as scrotoschisis in few case reports. The exact etiology of this condition is not known. Replacing the testes and repair of scrotum is needed and associated with good prognos...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Pujar, Vijay C., Joshi, Shirin S., Singh, Dinesh R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4495507/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26166976
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-1591.156923
_version_ 1782380268196200448
author Pujar, Vijay C.
Joshi, Shirin S.
Singh, Dinesh R.
author_facet Pujar, Vijay C.
Joshi, Shirin S.
Singh, Dinesh R.
author_sort Pujar, Vijay C.
collection PubMed
description Spontaneous extrusion of the testis from the scrotum is a very rare cause of acute scrotum in neonates. It has been described as scrotoschisis in few case reports. The exact etiology of this condition is not known. Replacing the testes and repair of scrotum is needed and associated with good prognosis. We report two cases that presented in a short interval to us with a review of the literature.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-4495507
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2015
publisher Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-44955072015-07-12 Scrotoschisis: A rare cause of acute scrotum in neonates Pujar, Vijay C. Joshi, Shirin S. Singh, Dinesh R. Indian J Urol Case Report Spontaneous extrusion of the testis from the scrotum is a very rare cause of acute scrotum in neonates. It has been described as scrotoschisis in few case reports. The exact etiology of this condition is not known. Replacing the testes and repair of scrotum is needed and associated with good prognosis. We report two cases that presented in a short interval to us with a review of the literature. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4495507/ /pubmed/26166976 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-1591.156923 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Urology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Case Report
Pujar, Vijay C.
Joshi, Shirin S.
Singh, Dinesh R.
Scrotoschisis: A rare cause of acute scrotum in neonates
title Scrotoschisis: A rare cause of acute scrotum in neonates
title_full Scrotoschisis: A rare cause of acute scrotum in neonates
title_fullStr Scrotoschisis: A rare cause of acute scrotum in neonates
title_full_unstemmed Scrotoschisis: A rare cause of acute scrotum in neonates
title_short Scrotoschisis: A rare cause of acute scrotum in neonates
title_sort scrotoschisis: a rare cause of acute scrotum in neonates
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4495507/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26166976
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-1591.156923
work_keys_str_mv AT pujarvijayc scrotoschisisararecauseofacutescrotuminneonates
AT joshishirins scrotoschisisararecauseofacutescrotuminneonates
AT singhdineshr scrotoschisisararecauseofacutescrotuminneonates

Ejemplares similares