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Testicular Rupture: A Tough Nut to Crack

Blunt scrotal injury represents a diagnostic dilemma for emergency physicians (EP). Consequently, point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) has emerged as a tool for early investigation of the acute scrotum in the emergency department. We describe a case where an EP used scrotal POCUS to immediately visualiz...

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Autores principales: Holliday, Tyler L., Robinson, Kristine S., Dorinzi, Nicole, Vucelik, Andrew W., Setzer, Erin L., Williams, Debra L., Sharon, Melinda J., Minardi, Joseph J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: University of California Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine publishing Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5965175/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29849294
http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2017.3.33348
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author Holliday, Tyler L.
Robinson, Kristine S.
Dorinzi, Nicole
Vucelik, Andrew W.
Setzer, Erin L.
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description Blunt scrotal injury represents a diagnostic dilemma for emergency physicians (EP). Consequently, point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) has emerged as a tool for early investigation of the acute scrotum in the emergency department. We describe a case where an EP used scrotal POCUS to immediately visualize the loss of testicular contour and underlying heterogeneous parenchyma to rapidly make the diagnosis of testicular rupture in a young male presenting with scrotal trauma. The use of POCUS in this case expedited therapy, likely improving the patient’s outcome. To our knowledge, this is the first detailed description of testicular rupture diagnosed with POCUS by an EP
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spelling pubmed-59651752018-05-30 Testicular Rupture: A Tough Nut to Crack Holliday, Tyler L. Robinson, Kristine S. Dorinzi, Nicole Vucelik, Andrew W. Setzer, Erin L. Williams, Debra L. Sharon, Melinda J. Minardi, Joseph J. Clin Pract Cases Emerg Med Case Report Blunt scrotal injury represents a diagnostic dilemma for emergency physicians (EP). Consequently, point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) has emerged as a tool for early investigation of the acute scrotum in the emergency department. We describe a case where an EP used scrotal POCUS to immediately visualize the loss of testicular contour and underlying heterogeneous parenchyma to rapidly make the diagnosis of testicular rupture in a young male presenting with scrotal trauma. The use of POCUS in this case expedited therapy, likely improving the patient’s outcome. To our knowledge, this is the first detailed description of testicular rupture diagnosed with POCUS by an EP University of California Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine publishing Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 2017-07-06 /pmc/articles/PMC5965175/ /pubmed/29849294 http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2017.3.33348 Text en © 2017 Holliday et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Dorinzi, Nicole
Vucelik, Andrew W.
Setzer, Erin L.
Williams, Debra L.
Sharon, Melinda J.
Minardi, Joseph J.
Testicular Rupture: A Tough Nut to Crack
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title_short Testicular Rupture: A Tough Nut to Crack
title_sort testicular rupture: a tough nut to crack
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5965175/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29849294
http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2017.3.33348
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