Publicações da ULS Algarve
Acute scrotum and hydatid of Morgagni
By Pedro Almeida, Barbara Santos, Diogo Veiga and 1 others.
Abstract
Acute scrotum includes several nosological entities, with different degrees of severity that require timely differential diagnosis and appropriate treatment.Torsion of the testicular appendix is the most common cause of scrotal pain in pre-pubertal children, and itstreatment is essentially symptomatic. Two clinical case of torsion of the testicular appendix are presented, with focus on diagnostic workup and differential diagnosis..
Keywords
- Testicular diseases and treatments
- Scrotum
- Acute scrotum
- Differential diagnosis
- Scrotal Pain
- Appendix
- Testicular torsion
- Open access
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