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Organo Oficial de la Sociedad Mexicana de Urología

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Rev Mex Urol 2008; 68 (1)

Acute scrotum like presentation of acure appendicitis. Report of a case and literature revision

Aguilar DB, Sánchez MJ

Language: Spanish
References: 14
Page: 64-66
PDF size: 294.09 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Orchitis, epididymitis, testicular torsion, and incarcerated hernia are among the main causes of acute scrotum. Acute appendicitis is a very rare etiology for a patient to present with this clinical picture, and the few reported cases correspond to the pediatric age group. In this manuscript we present an exceptional case where a fourth decade patient presented with an acute scrotum due to an appendicular abscess.


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