Objectives. To present the clinical case of an inguino-scrotal hernia of the ureter, complicated by the presence of a urothelial carcinoma brought to our notice as painful scrotal swelling. Materials and methods. The patient is an 85-year-old male presenting an inveterate right inguinal hernia with acute and worsening scrotal pain. Upon examination of the hemiscrotum an inguinal hernia was foun...

Neurofibromatosis being manifested as scrotal elephantiasis is a very rare condition and in review of the literature no such presentation was found. Here we report a 20 year old man who presented with scrotal elephantiasis and consequently, a pathological diagnosis of neurofibromatosis was reached.

A lthough scrotal inflation by saline infusion has been widely publicised on websites, 2 this procedure has rarely been reported in the medical literature. We report an HIV positive man who presented with severe scrotal cellulitis following an infusion of saline into his scrotum. Clinicians should be aware of unusual causes of scrotal cellulitis and should warn patients about potential complica...

SURGICAL TREATMENT OF ELEPHANTIASIS SCROTI COMPLICATED WITH REDUCIBLE SCROTAL HERNIA, 1st BY PERFORMING A MODIFICATION OF WOOD'S OPERATION ON THE HERNIA; AND 2ndlt, BY EXCISION OF THE DISEASED SCROTUM. Case I.? Aheer, u Mahoinedan cultivator, aged 40 years, who Lad long been in bad health, was admitted into Mr. Cntcliffe's ward on the 28th November, 1871, with elephantiasis of the scrotum of tw...

Subcutaneous and scrotal emphysema are rare complications of suprapubic cystostomy. We present here a rare case of an 81-year-old man with colovesical fistula who had severe subcutaneous and scrotal emphysema after percutaneous suprapubic cystostomy was performed. We inserted a new Foley catheter via the urethra, removed the suprapubic cystostomy and incised his scrotal emphysema for open drain...

PURPOSE Cryptorchidism affects 2-8% of male newborns. There is a controversy regarding timing of surgery as well as indications for orchiopexy in boys with retractile testicle. The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical usefulness of testicular atrophy index (TAI) as a criterion of qualifying patients with undescended testes for surgery as well as of monitoring the results of treatment....

Few data are available on the true incidence of chronic scrotal pain and most figures relate to post-vasectomy pain syndrome. However, a crude incidence of 350-400 cases of chronic scrotal pain per 100 000 men per year has been estimated on the basis of a questionnaire among Swiss urologists. Data on the impact of scrotal pain on quality of life are lacking. These patients are challenging to bo...

A 38 year old man with a 14-month history of a large scrotal mass was seen in the emergency room complaining of asthenia, fever, pain, and fetid discharge through the scrotal skin. On physical examination an 11 cm tumor was revealed in the right hemiscrotum with scrotal gangrene and two ulcers in the left hemiscrotum (Figure 1). The patient had been treated for schizophrenia for 8 years and fai...

Mechanisms of testicular thermoregulation, the relationship of scrotal, testicular vascular cone (TVC), and testicular morphology with thermoregulatory capability, and their effects on semen quality and sperm production were studied in 20 Bos indicus, 28 crossbred, and 26 Bos taurus bulls. The ratio of testicular artery length and volume to testicular volume were larger (P<0.05) in B. indicus a...

Acute scrotal pain and swelling in children is commonly attributed to torsion of the testis or of the testicular appendage. However, following suppurative appendicitis, scrotal abscess secondary to a patent processus vaginalis must be considered.