A breath-taking case of pneumoscrotum | Zendy

Charles Hesswani | Zendy; Iman Sadri | Zendy; AnneMarie Canakis | Zendy; John-Paul Capolicchio | Zendy

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A breath-taking case of pneumoscrotum

Author(s) -

Charles Hesswani,

Iman Sadri,

AnneMarie Canakis,

John-Paul Capolicchio

Publication year - 2022

Publication title -

canadian urological association journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.477

H-Index - 38

eISSN - 1920-1214

pISSN - 1911-6470

DOI - 10.5489/cuaj.7830

Subject(s) - physical exam , medicine , conjunction (astronomy) , physical examination , surgery , physics , astronomy

Pneumoscrotum is a rare physical exam finding that is commonly associated with life-threatening perineal infections or secondary causes from visceral or pulmonary injury.1 However, it is usually found in conjunction with multiple other concerning physical exam findings. In this report, we describe a young competitive diver who presented with isolated pneumoscrotum, which eventually was found to be due to a spontaneous tracheal tear

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