[A case of extravaginal twisting of spermatic cord].
Extravaginal twisting of the spermatic cord is rare and its management is still open to debate. We report the case in a 12-day-old boy with right testicular pain evolving since birth. Scrototomy revealed a complete twist of the extravaginal spermatic cord. The testis was already necrotic and the intervention consisted in orchidectomy and orchidopexy. Twisting of the extravaginal cord remains a surgical emergency, which allows contralateral orchydopexy.
Ralahy
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Service de chirurgie pédiatrique, CHU Joseph Andrianavalona, Antananarivo, Madagascar. bolitany@yahoo.fr
Rambel
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H
Rakototiana
F A
FA
Rabenasolo
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M
Rantomalala
Y
Y
Andriamanarivo
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L
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009336:Necrosis; D056126:Orchiopexy; D012611:Scrotum / Q000473:pathology; D013086:Spermatic Cord Torsion / Q000601:surgery*; D013737:Testis / Q000473:pathology; D014621:Vagina