Acute scrotal swelling as the first evidence of intraabdominal trauma in a battered child.
Acute scrotal pathology often reflects intraabdominal disease. A bluish discoloration of the scrotum may represent blood migrating from a ruptured intraabdominal organ. A case of a battered child presenting with a swollen bluish scrotum is reviewed to draw attention to an early sign of intraperitoneal hemorrhage.
Sujka
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Department of Pediatric Surgery, Children's Hospital of Buffalo, NY 14222.
Jewett
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Karp
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D000208:Acute Disease; D002649:Child Abuse; D004487:Edema / Q000209:etiology*; D005832:Genital Diseases, Male / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D012611:Scrotum