Acute abdominal pain: the importance of genital examination.
Torsion of an intra-abdominal testis is a rare cause of acute abdominal pain. The purpose of this report is to highlight a case of torsion of an abdominal testis in a patient with an unusual clinical presentation, with the fortuitous diagnosis of a "carcinoma in situ" and to emphasize the role of routine genital examination when investigating patients with abdominal pain.
Departmentof Surgery, Centre Hospitalier de l'Ardenne, Libramont, Belgium.
D
D
Guta
F
F
Leduc
D
D
Herman
D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D002278:Carcinoma in Situ / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D003456:Cryptorchidism / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004630:Emergencies; D005837:Genitalia, Male; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009919:Orchiectomy; D010808:Physical Examination / Q000379:methods; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D013737:Testis / Q000473:pathology*; D014102:Torsion Abnormality / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome