title: Acute appendicitis presenting as a scrotal abscess.
abstract: A 50 year old man presented with scrotal pain of 2 weeks' duration. The finding of acute appendicitis as a scrotal abscess due to perforated appendix in an inguinal hernia is rare, and literature on this finding is reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Surgical Division, Repatriation General Hospital, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Read
authors.forename: T C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: McQuillan
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006552:Hernia, Inguinal / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012611:Scrotum