title: [The acute scrotum (author's transl)].
abstract: The term "acute scrotum" is defined as an emergency which needs immediate therapeutic decisions. The etiology, symptoms, differential diagnosis and therapeutic principles are outlined, with emphasis on testicular- or spermaticcordtorsion.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005832:Genital Diseases, Male / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012611:Scrotum; D013086:Spermatic Cord Torsion / Q000175:diagnosis*
vernacular_title: Das akute Skrotum.