title: Torsion of an indirect hernia sac causing acute scrotum.
abstract: A 6-year-old boy presented with an acute scrotum and was found at surgical exploration to have torsion and infarction of an indirect hernia sac. This represents the sixth reported case of this entity in the literature. The pediatric surgical specialist and those in the acute care setting should be aware of this consideration in the differential diagnosis of the acute scrotum.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology and Pathology, The Children's Hospital, Denver, CO 80218, USA.
authors.forename: Jeremy B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Myers
authors.forename: Mark A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Lovell
authors.forename: Robert S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Peter D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Furness
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Koyle
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D002648:Child; D006552:Hernia, Inguinal / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012611:Scrotum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014102:Torsion Abnormality / Q000175:diagnosis; D014463:Ultrasonography