CASE-REPORT - NEONATAL ADRENAL HEMORRHAGE PRESENTING AS AN ACUTE RIGHT SCROTAL SWELLING (HEMATOMA) - VALUE OF ULTRASOUND

Acute scrotal swelling resulting from remote intra-abdominal pathology is a well recognized but rare entity, The present report relates to s uch a case in a neonate who presented with an acute right scrotal haem atoma, adrenal haemorrhage not being suspected clinically, but detecte d ultrasonographically. In the imaging of neonatal scrotal swellings, abdominal ultrasound is important in excluding a primary intra-abdomin al event.