title: Neonatal adrenal hemorrhage mimicking an acute scrotum.
abstract: Twenty-two cases of scrotal hematoma caused by neonatal adrenal hemorrhage are reported in the literature and unnecessary surgical exploration was performed in nine (41%), suspecting testicular torsion. In this paper, we present a newborn male with right adrenal gland hemorrhage causing right scrotal swelling and discoloration of groin managed conservatively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Pediatric Urology Unit, Children's Hospital Anna Meyer, Florence, Italy. o.adorisio@meyer.it
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Adorisio
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mattei
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ciardini
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Centonze
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Noccioli
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000307:Adrenal Gland Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005832:Genital Diseases, Male / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006406:Hematoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D012611:Scrotum