To cite: Artul S, Fahoum B, Khoury R, et al. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2013202734 DESCRIPTION A 21-year-old man presented to the emergency department because 2 days prior to presentation, he was with pain and enlargement of right scrotum. He had no remarkable clinical history. On physical examination, he was afebrile, oedema and redness of ri...

A 21-year-old man presented with acute-onset left lower abdominal pain that had initially developed 8 hours earlier. He was not given any medication including anti-coagulants. He denied trauma. On palpation, the left testis was slightly swollen and showed tenderness. The suspected diagnosis was testicular torsion, and surgical exploration was indicated. On visual inspection, the whole testis wa...

BACKGROUND Neonatal appendicitis is difficult to diagnose, and is associated with high mortality. CASE CHARACTERISTICS A preterm (33 wk) neonate developed abdominal distension feeding intolerance and erythema of left inguinal region on day 4 of life. OBSERVATION Testicular torsion was suspected but inguinal exploration revealed normal testis with feco-purulent fluid draining into processus ...

Henoch-Schönlein purpura, is one of the most common types of multisystemic vasculitis seen in childhood. The major clinical manifestations are cutaneous purpura, arthritis, abdominal pain, gastrointestinal bleeding, and nephritis. Isolated central nervous system vasculitis, seizures, coma and hemorrhage, Guillan--Barré syndrome, ataxia and central and peripheral neuropathy, ocular involvement, ...

Testicular torsion refers to diseases of the acute scrotum group and requires early diagnosis emergency surgical care. Despite characteristic clinical signs, sometimes there are difficulties in diagnosis, which leads delayed treatment irreversible damage testicle. The article describes a case testicular young patient with errors led removal As result diagnostic error – an incorrect collected an...

Torsion of the appendix testis is not an uncommon cause of acute hemiscrotum. It is frequently misdiagnosed as acute epididymitis, orchitis, or torsion of testis. Though conservative management is the treatment of choice for this condition, prompt surgical intervention is warranted when testicular torsion is suspected. We report a case of torsion of a large appendix testis misdiagnosed as pyoce...

Inter epididymal testicular torsion of the spermatic cord is extremely rare and usually diagnosed at surgery. We present an unusual case of spermatic cord torsion in a 14-year-old male patient. It is important to highlight that the torsion occurred only on the distal half of the epididymis leaving the head untwisted and edematous. In addition, the fact that this condition was painless made this...