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Torsion of the epididymis: A rare cause of acute scrotum
Author(s) -
RAVICHANDRAN S,
BLADES RA,
WATSON ME
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
international journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.172
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1442-2042
pISSN - 0919-8172
DOI - 10.1046/j.1442-2042.2003.00676.x
Subject(s) - acute scrotum , medicine , scrotum , epididymis , torsion (gastropod) , etiology , testicular torsion , spermatic cord torsion , anatomy , surgery , pathology , andrology , sperm
Acute scrotum is a common clinical problem and establishing its etiology can be difficult, often necessitating scrotal exploration. We report here a very rare case of acute scrotum: torsion of the epididymis. Only one such case has been reported previously in the literature.