title: Acute scrotum in children: a rare presentation of acute, non-perforated appendicitis.
abstract: Acute scrotum is one of the rare presentations of acute appendicitis (AA) in paediatric patients. We report a case of acute scrotum due to a retrocaecal, non-perforated AA with a patent processus vaginalis. To date, 15 such cases have been reported in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Surgery, B. J. Wadia Hospital for Children, Parel, Mumbai: 400 012, India. singhsang@rediffmail.com
authors.forename: Sangram
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Prashant
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Adivarekar
authors.forename: Santosh J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Karmarkar
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005832:Genital Diseases, Male / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012611:Scrotum