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A case of torsion of the undescended testes

Abdominal pain and vomiting are common presenting symptoms in young children, and there are a myriad of differential diagnoses ranging from benign to life‐threatening. We present the case of a 20‐month‐old boy who came to the emergency department with abdominal pain, fever, and vomiting. Initially,...

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Autores principales: Akinsola, Bolanle, Farthing, Heather
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8886185/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35252971
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/emp2.12666
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description Abdominal pain and vomiting are common presenting symptoms in young children, and there are a myriad of differential diagnoses ranging from benign to life‐threatening. We present the case of a 20‐month‐old boy who came to the emergency department with abdominal pain, fever, and vomiting. Initially, he was thought to have intussusception with a necrotic lead point based on clinical signs, laboratory findings, and ultrasonography, but was taken to the operating room after air enema failed to demonstrate an intussusceptum. He was ultimately diagnosed with torsion of an undescended testicle. Few cases of torsion of the undescended testes are reported in literature.
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spelling pubmed-88861852022-03-04 A case of torsion of the undescended testes Akinsola, Bolanle Farthing, Heather J Am Coll Emerg Physicians Open Pediatrics Abdominal pain and vomiting are common presenting symptoms in young children, and there are a myriad of differential diagnoses ranging from benign to life‐threatening. We present the case of a 20‐month‐old boy who came to the emergency department with abdominal pain, fever, and vomiting. Initially, he was thought to have intussusception with a necrotic lead point based on clinical signs, laboratory findings, and ultrasonography, but was taken to the operating room after air enema failed to demonstrate an intussusceptum. He was ultimately diagnosed with torsion of an undescended testicle. Few cases of torsion of the undescended testes are reported in literature. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022-02-28 /pmc/articles/PMC8886185/ /pubmed/35252971 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/emp2.12666 Text en © 2022 The Authors. JACEP Open published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of American College of Emergency Physicians https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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