ACUTE SCROTUM - AN EXCEPTIONAL PRESENTATION OF ACUTE NONPERFORATED APPENDICITIS IN CHILDHOOD

Authors
MENDEZ R TELLADO M MONTERO M RIOS J VELA D PAIS E LAFUENTE G CANDAL J
Citation
R. Mendez et al., ACUTE SCROTUM - AN EXCEPTIONAL PRESENTATION OF ACUTE NONPERFORATED APPENDICITIS IN CHILDHOOD, Journal of pediatric surgery, 33(9), 1998, pp. 1435-1436
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics,Surgery
Journal title
Journal of pediatric surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
00223468
Volume
33
Issue
9
Year of publication
1998
Pages
1435 - 1436
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-3468(1998)33:9<1435:AS-AEP>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
Acute scrotum is an exceptional form of presentation of acute appendic itis in the pediatric age group. Only 14 cases have been described in literature. The authors report a case of an 8-year-old boy with a 12-h our history of right hemiscrotal pain secondary to acute retrocecal no nperforated appendicitis. Surgical exploration showed a patent ''proce ssus vaginalis. Copyright (C) 1998 by W.B. Saunders Company.