Do not forget to include testicular torsion in differential diagnosis of lower acute abdominal pain in young males

Journal of Pediatric Urology

Volumn 9, Issue 6 PART B, 2013, Pages 1161-1165

  Pogorelić, Zenon ^a   Mrklić, Ivana ^a   Jurić, Ivo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SPLIT   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Abdominal pain; Acute scrotum; Children; Spermatic cord torsion; Testicular torsion

Indexed keywords

ABSENT CREMASTERIC REFLEX; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE DURATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; GROIN PAIN; HARD TESTIS; HORISONTAL LIE OF TESTIS; HUMAN; LOWER ABDOMINAL PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NECROSIS; NEWBORN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCROTAL EDEMA; SCROTAL ERYTHEMA; SCROTAL PAIN; TESTIS NECROSIS; TESTIS TORSION; VOMITING;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE SCROTUM; CHILDREN; SPERMATIC CORD TORSION; TESTICULAR TORSION;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE PAIN; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCROTUM; SPERMATIC CORD; SPERMATIC CORD TORSION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; VOMITING;

EID: 84888436866     PISSN: 14775131     EISSN: 18734898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpurol.2013.04.018     Document Type: Article

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