Scrotal migration of inguinal hernia repair mesh: an unusual cause of testicular mass

Scrotal masses are common findings in primary care and can develop from all anatomical structures of the scrotum. They are usually painless, although pain may be present occasionally. In this report, we present the case of an unusual testicular mass caused by the migration in the scrotum of a mesh u...

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Autores principales: Maffi, Gabriele, Pescatori, Lorenzo Carlo, Mauri, Giovanni, Sconfienza, Luca Maria
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The British Institute of Radiology 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6243355/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30459982
http://dx.doi.org/10.1259/bjrcr.20150427
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author Maffi, Gabriele
Pescatori, Lorenzo Carlo
Mauri, Giovanni
Sconfienza, Luca Maria
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description Scrotal masses are common findings in primary care and can develop from all anatomical structures of the scrotum. They are usually painless, although pain may be present occasionally. In this report, we present the case of an unusual testicular mass caused by the migration in the scrotum of a mesh used for inguinal hernia repair. The patient was treated conservatively owing to the spontaneous resolution of symptoms.
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spelling pubmed-62433552018-11-20 Scrotal migration of inguinal hernia repair mesh: an unusual cause of testicular mass Maffi, Gabriele Pescatori, Lorenzo Carlo Mauri, Giovanni Sconfienza, Luca Maria BJR Case Rep Case Report Scrotal masses are common findings in primary care and can develop from all anatomical structures of the scrotum. They are usually painless, although pain may be present occasionally. In this report, we present the case of an unusual testicular mass caused by the migration in the scrotum of a mesh used for inguinal hernia repair. The patient was treated conservatively owing to the spontaneous resolution of symptoms. The British Institute of Radiology 2016-05-08 /pmc/articles/PMC6243355/ /pubmed/30459982 http://dx.doi.org/10.1259/bjrcr.20150427 Text en © 2016 The Authors. Published by the British Institute of Radiology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Scrotal migration of inguinal hernia repair mesh: an unusual cause of testicular mass
title Scrotal migration of inguinal hernia repair mesh: an unusual cause of testicular mass
title_full Scrotal migration of inguinal hernia repair mesh: an unusual cause of testicular mass
title_fullStr Scrotal migration of inguinal hernia repair mesh: an unusual cause of testicular mass
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title_short Scrotal migration of inguinal hernia repair mesh: an unusual cause of testicular mass
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6243355/
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