The purpose of this study was to illustrate the spectrum of sonographic findings in testicular torsion in a large series of neonates and infants. Examination after birth frequently reveals abnormalities in the inguinal, scrotal, or genital regions. This is an acute extravaginal testicular torsion i. Very graphic content related to the type of surgery, organs, procedures or trauma depicted in this tab. A prompt diagnosis is necessary to optimize the chance for testicular salvage by surgical exploration via detorsion and bilateral orchidopexy. Testicular torsion in the perinatal period is an uncommon finding. The clinical course showed the appearance of enlarged testes and swollen and purplish penis. Neonatal testicular torsion either intrauterine or postnatal results into. Testicular torsion can present in both the neonatal and adolescent population in the neonatal population it may present without pain testicular torsion is a surgical emergency surgical therapy involves a scrotal exploration, possible orchiectomy with a contralateral orchiopexy. Some of these abnormalities require urgent attention. However, it can result in vascular compromise leading to testicular ischemia and injury, and if not corrected, necrosis and testicular nonviability.
The large, hard, nontender features of neonatal testicular torsion may sometimes lead to the misdiagnosis of a testicular tumor. The hispathological study reported testicular hemorrhage and necrosis by testicular torsion. A, longitudinal grayscale sonogram of the left testicle in a 1dayold term neonate presenting with a swollen, firm, nontender left testicle. Testis, testicle, testicular torsion, neonatal, perinatal. Testicular torsion is a surgical emergency having an incidence that is probably underestimated at 1 in 4000 males. Total right orchiectomy is performed, finding a clot that occupied the whole of the testicular area. Torsion of the spermatic cord in neonates perinatal torsion is very rare, and occurs in 1. Pdf neonatal testicular torsion mimicking a testicular tumor. Abstract two cases of testicular torsion in utero are reported, insisting in the pour clinica and the importance of the careful exploration of the newly born in the childbirthroom.
Perinatal testicular torsion with bilateral radioulnar. Scrotal swelling in a neonate is rarely caused by testicular torsion, but it is an important differential diagnosis as acute treatment can prevent. While torsion may occur at any age, its peak incidence is in adolescence 12 to 18 years and the neonatal period. In older children and adults, testicular torsion is usu ally intravaginal twisting of the cord within the tunica vaginalis. Neonatal testicular torsion, defined as torsion occurring within the first 30 days of life, is a rare occurrence. Adrenal hemorrhage presenting as a scrotal hematoma in the. Testicular torsion an important consideration in neonatal scrotal.
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