Akutes Skrotum im Kindesalter

Abstract

In approximately one fifth of registered patients, a testicular torsion is present causing the acute scrotum, and leading to an obligatory surgical intervention. Various causative differential diagnoses can be clarified by precise medical history and exact physical examination. Imaging procedures can be helpful in decision-finding. Finally, the clinical finding is crucial and decisive. If a testicular torsion cannot reliably be excluded by clinical investigation or imaging, an immediate surgical exploration of the testis has to be performed.

Thrombosierte extrafunikuläre Skrotalvene - Erstbeschreibung einer Ursache des akuten Skrotums

“…Betroff en können schon ungeborene Jungen sein [ 1 ] ; in größeren Serien liegt eine Altershäufung in der Pubertät vor [ 2 ] . An intraoperativen Befunden werden neben Entzündungen des Skrotalinhaltes naturgemäß die intra-oder extravaginale Torsion des Hodens bzw.…”