title: Acute scrotal symptoms due to perforated appendix in children: case report and review of literature.
abstract: Acute appendicitis is rarely included in the differential diagnosis of acute scrotum. We report a case of an unusual presentation of acute appendicitis as acute left scrotal swelling. The relevant literature is reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York 11219, USA.
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Friedman
authors.forename: Y R
authors.initials: YR
authors.lastname: Sheynkin
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005832:Genital Diseases, Male / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D012611:Scrotum / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D013086:Spermatic Cord Torsion / Q000175:diagnosis