A 19-Year Review of Paediatric Patients with Acute Scrotum

Abstract

The high probability of SCT among those admitted to an emergency department within six hours from the onset of the symptoms justifies immediate surgical exploration.

Etiology of acute scrotal pain in children and adolescent patients admitted in Ahvaz Educational Hospitals

“…In our study, four patients had torsion of the testicular appendage and all of them were 4 years old. In the study carried out by Mäkelä et al [13] on 388 scrotal examinations, there were 100 patients (26%) with SCT, 174 patients (45%) with torsion of the testicular appendage, 38 patients (10%) with epididymitis, 32 patients (8%) with incarcerated inguinal hernia, and 44 patients (11%) with other conditions. In a 25-year review of acute scrotum in South Africa during the period 1970-1996, 199 boys were studied.…”

Role of Doppler Ultrasonography and C-Reactive Protein in Patients with Acute Scrotum

“…Differential diagnosis of acute scrotum by history and physical examination is difficult in one-third of patients, mandating a rapid and accurate diagnostic tool (Pakzad, 2001). The historilogy and clinical examination can significantly straitened the discriminating diagnosis of an acute scrotum, if not found the correct cause (Mäkelä, Lahdes-Vasama, Rajakorpi, & Wikström, 2007;Yang et al, 2011). The precise diagnosis is of great importance since curative consequences varied regard to the reason of the state (Asgari et al, 2006;Molokwu, Somani, & Goodman, 2011).…”

A Study of Acute Scrotum in Pediatric Patients

“…In our hospital, ultrasound with an expert sonologist, is only available during day time and not during the late afternoon and at night. As pain and swelling of scrotum are the most common symptoms in testicular torsion and also there are paucity of diagnostic tools, so some studies suggest early surgical exploration [15][16][17] , as we have done this for the indicated patients in our study.…”