Acute appendicitis presenting as acute left scrotal pain: diagnostic considerations.
To our knowledge this is the first case of acute perforated appendicitis presenting as acute left scrotal pain described in the literature. In addition, this case involved a unique false positive radionuclide scrotal scan for testicular torsion, which is also reported and discussed for the first time.
D001064:Appendicitis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001466:Barium Sulfate; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010146:Pain; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012611:Scrotum; D013086:Spermatic Cord Torsion / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
D001466:Barium Sulfate