title: Isolated right testicular pain for six days: an unusual presentation of occult abdominal aortic aneurysm leak.
abstract: Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) rupture commonly presents with abdominal or lower back pain and haemodynamic instability. There have been case reports of co-existing left testicular pain;(1) however, very few cases describe right testicular pain as the sentinel symptom. We discuss the case of a 75-year-old man who presented to the on-call urologists with a 6-day history of right testicular pain. On examination, a painless AAA was detected. The patient was stable and a CT scan demonstrated a large AAA extending into the right iliac vessels, with suggestion of leakage. Attempted emergency repair was unsuccessful and the patient died in theatre. This atypical presentation of occult aneurysm leak highlights the need for clinical vigilance in the older patient with seemingly benign groin symptoms, including isolated right testicular pain.
authors.affiliation: Department of Vascular Surgery, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, UK.
authors.forename: Rachael O
authors.initials: RO
authors.lastname: Forsythe
authors.forename: Victoria
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Lavin
authors.forename: Simon C A
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Fraser
authors.forename: Alan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: McNeill
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D013733:Testicular Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed