title: [A case of extravaginal twisting of spermatic cord].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Service de chirurgie pédiatrique, CHU Joseph Andrianavalona, Antananarivo, Madagascar. bolitany@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: F M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Ralahy
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Rambel
authors.forename: F A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Rakototiana
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rabenasolo
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Rantomalala
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Andriamanarivo
mesh_terms: 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