Testicular Abscess and Ischemia Secondary to Epididymo-orchitis

Acute testicular infarction requiring emergent surgical intervention is often the result of spermatic cord torsion; infrequently, infarction results from other etiologies. We report a case of epididymo-orchitis complicated by abscess resulting in testicular ischemia, not detected on ultrasonography....

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Autores principales: Hackett, Brittany, Sletten, Zachary, Bridwell, Rachel E
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
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Emergency Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7402548/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32775073
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.8991
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description Acute testicular infarction requiring emergent surgical intervention is often the result of spermatic cord torsion; infrequently, infarction results from other etiologies. We report a case of epididymo-orchitis complicated by abscess resulting in testicular ischemia, not detected on ultrasonography. A high clinical suspicion of testicular ischemia should be maintained in any presentation of testicular pain and swelling, as recognition could lead to early salvage interventions.
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spelling pubmed-74025482020-08-06 Testicular Abscess and Ischemia Secondary to Epididymo-orchitis Hackett, Brittany Sletten, Zachary Bridwell, Rachel E Cureus Emergency Medicine Acute testicular infarction requiring emergent surgical intervention is often the result of spermatic cord torsion; infrequently, infarction results from other etiologies. We report a case of epididymo-orchitis complicated by abscess resulting in testicular ischemia, not detected on ultrasonography. A high clinical suspicion of testicular ischemia should be maintained in any presentation of testicular pain and swelling, as recognition could lead to early salvage interventions. Cureus 2020-07-03 /pmc/articles/PMC7402548/ /pubmed/32775073 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.8991 Text en Copyright © 2020, Hackett et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Emergency Medicine
Hackett, Brittany
Sletten, Zachary
Bridwell, Rachel E
Testicular Abscess and Ischemia Secondary to Epididymo-orchitis
title Testicular Abscess and Ischemia Secondary to Epididymo-orchitis
title_full Testicular Abscess and Ischemia Secondary to Epididymo-orchitis
title_fullStr Testicular Abscess and Ischemia Secondary to Epididymo-orchitis
title_full_unstemmed Testicular Abscess and Ischemia Secondary to Epididymo-orchitis
title_short Testicular Abscess and Ischemia Secondary to Epididymo-orchitis
title_sort testicular abscess and ischemia secondary to epididymo-orchitis
topic Emergency Medicine
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7402548/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32775073
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.8991
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