title: Perspectives in Pediatric Pathology, Chapter 19. Testicular Torsion, Testicular Appendix Torsion, and Other Forms of Testicular Infarction.
abstract: Among the most frequent specimens at the pediatric surgical pathology bench, orchiectomy performed after testicular torsion deserves significant attention. Multiple implications, including fertility, legal complications, possibility of occult lesion, and others, need to be considered. Furthermore, torsion of testicular and other appendices represents common urological emergencies frequently encountered in surgical pathology. Here we present a review of testicular torsion and infarction, including theories about their pathogenesis and the appropriate handling by the diagnostic pathologist.
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Pathology, Hospital La Paz, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid 28029, Spain.
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nistal
authors.affiliation: 2 Department of Cell Biology, Universidad de Alcala, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Ricardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Paniagua
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Pathology, Hospital La Paz, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid 28029, Spain.
authors.forename: Pilar
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: González-Peramato
authors.affiliation: 3 Department of Pathology, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15224, USA.
authors.forename: Miguel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Reyes-Múgica
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007238:Infarction / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D013086:Spermatic Cord Torsion; D013733:Testicular Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D013737:Testis / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology
keywords: pediatric urological emergency; testicular appendix torsion; testicular hemorrhage; testicular infarction; testicular torsion