Torsion of the Cryptorchid Testis: Report of One Case.
- Author:
Sang Tai HAH
;
Jin Han YOON
;
Jong Byung YOON
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Torsion;
cryptorchid testis
- MeSH:
Child;
Humans;
Male;
Testis*
- From:Korean Journal of Urology
1976;17(1):43-47
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
A case of torsion of the right cryptorchid testis was herein reported. The patient was 6-year-old boy who was rolled on a staircase and traumatized his right inguinal area. There after painful and tender swelling developed on the area, and it spent 4 days prior to visit our department The involved cryptorchid testis showed dark reddish discoloration and external rotation of 360 degrees and was removed because of no re-establishment of blood supply in spite of detorsion for 30 minutes.
