TORSION OF THE SPERMATIC CORD

SPERMATIC CORD HEMATOMA MIMICKING SPERMATIC CORD TORSION IN A NEONATE

Acute scrotal swelling is an urgent urologic condition, and its failure in diagnosis is "one of the litigious issues in urologic practice. "1-2 Although acute scrotal pain is due to spermatic cord torsion in 25-35% of cases, the urologist should either rule it out or treat it immediately. 2 We operated a case of acute scrotal edema in a two-day-old boy who had, according to clinical results...

[Spermatic cord torsion].

Spermatic cord torsion happens rather frequently in young men. It must be discovered early on, to allow for the possibility of removal by surgery. It appears from recently written medical articles that the endocrine function of the testis is protected following several hours of torsion and the risk of immunological damage to the contralateral testis is subsequently reduced.

[Spermatic cord torsion].

Torsion of the spermatic cord constitutes a surgical emergency. Morphologically and functionally, the fate of the compromised testis largely depends on the time elapsed between the acute episode and surgical intervention. Patients who had been treated for testicular torsion by our group from 1976 to 1989 were requested to return for outpatient evaluation. These patient were divided into two gro...

Recurring Torsion of the Spermatic Cord

Gangrene of the Testes after Torsion of the Spermatic Cord

By M. N. S. CHETTI, i.u. & s., Civil Surgeon, Sagaing. A Burman male aged 47 years was brought to the hospital on 1st April, 1925, with a history of enlargement of the right testicle with swelling about 9 clays ago without any cause. On examination the tumour was found to be somewhat about the shape and size of a mediumsized mango extending above the external ring. The upper one-third was soft ...