Scrotal abscess: an unusual complication of perforated appendix.
Acute scrotal pain and swelling in children is commonly attributed to torsion of the testis or of the testicular appendage. However, following suppurative appendicitis, scrotal abscess secondary to a patent processus vaginalis must be considered.
Shahrudin
M D
MD
Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur.
D000038:Abscess / Q000209:etiology*; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000150:complications*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012611:Scrotum