Affiliations 

  • 1 Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University Putra Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 2 Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University Putra Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Correspondence to: Associate Professor Moissinac, 21 Jalan Setia Jasa, Medan Damansara, 50490 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (kmoi@fm.net.my)
J Accid Emerg Med, 2000 Sep;17(5):381-2.
PMID: 11005420

Abstract

Trauma induced testicular torsion is a well recognised entity, the incidence being 4-8% in most studies reporting on testicular torsion. The signs and symptoms of testicular torsion may easily be mistakenly attributed to preceding testicular trauma if there was such an event. A patient is described with trauma induced testicular torsion who presented on three occasions before a decision was made to perform scrotal exploration. Unfortunately, an orchidectomy was the outcome. The message that trauma can and not infrequently does precipitate torsion, needs to be reiterated. Awareness of the entity and constant vigilance is required of clinicians to avoid a delay in definitive treatment.

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