title: Henoch-Schönlein purpura and the acute scrotum.
abstract: Scrotal involvement occurs in between 2% and 38% of patients with Henoch-Schönlein purpura. We report on a child in whom acute scrotal swelling was the initial presentation of this syndrome. In only four previous cases have the initial symptoms of Henoch-Schönlein purpura been suggestive of testicular torsion.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005832:Genital Diseases, Male / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D011695:IgA Vasculitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D012611:Scrotum / Q000601:surgery