title: Acute scrotal swelling as the first evidence of intraabdominal trauma in a battered child.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Children's Hospital of Buffalo, NY 14222.
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Sujka
authors.forename: T C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Jewett
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Karp
mesh_terms: 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