title: Acute appendicitis presenting with a testicular mass: ultrasound appearances.
abstract: Acute appendicitis presenting with scrotal symptoms is a rare event, occurring when a patent processus vaginalis persists. We present a case where ultrasound demonstrated an inflamed appendix and a scrotal abscess, allowing the correct surgical management in a difficult clinical situation. In a child presenting with scrotal signs and vague lower abdominal symptoms, an ultrasound assessment of the right iliac fossa should always be performed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Kings College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London, UK.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Satchithananda
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Beese
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Sidhu
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D000208:Acute Disease; D001062:Appendectomy; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004823:Epididymitis / Q000175:diagnosis; D005832:Genital Diseases, Male / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012611:Scrotum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013086:Spermatic Cord Torsion / Q000175:diagnosis; D014463:Ultrasonography