Open AccessScrotum balloon: an unusual presentation of emphysematous pyelonephritis
Author(s) -
MingYuan Hong,
Tsung-Yu Chan,
C.- H.,
C.- H. Lin
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
qjm
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.427
H-Index - 118
eISSN - 1460-2725
pISSN - 1460-2393
DOI - 10.1093/qjmed/hcq042
Subject(s) - scrotum , presentation (obstetrics) , medicine , acute scrotum , balloon , radiology , surgery
A 40-year-old diabetic man presented to the emergency department with fever and abdomen pain for 2 days. On examination, the patient had a painless swollen scrotum with predominant left-sided subcutaneous emphysema extending from anterior abdominal wall. Urinalysis contained more than 100 red blood cells and 0–1 white blood …
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