Open AccessA breath-taking case of pneumoscrotum
Author(s) -
Charles Hesswani,
Iman Sadri,
Anne-Marie 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