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ArticleUrology annals

Segmental testicular infarction: Case series and brief literature review of a great mime.

Franco Palmisano, Mariapia Serrago, Andrea Gallioli, Vito Lorusso, Franco Gadda, Matteo Giulio Spinelli, Emanuele Montanari

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Article in Urology annals. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Scrotal Pain Caused by a Segmental Testicular Infarct.Clinical practice and cases in emergency medicine · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Franco PalmisanoDepartment of Urology, Foundation IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy.
Mariapia SerragoDepartment of Urology, Foundation IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy.
Andrea GallioliDepartment of Urology, Foundation IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy.
Vito LorussoDepartment of Urology, Foundation IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy.
Franco GaddaDepartment of Urology, Foundation IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy.
Matteo Giulio SpinelliDepartment of Urology, Foundation IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy.
Emanuele MontanariDepartment of Urology, Foundation IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Segmental testicular infarction is rare, and the etiology is mostly idiopathic. We report a case series of four young patients, one of them with metachronous bilateral disease, presenting with an acute scrotum and treated with a testis-sparing approach, if feasible, after a negative intraoperative biopsy. Etiology, differential diagnosis, and management are reviewed. To be aware of clinical and imaging features of this benign testicular pathology, it is crucial to avoid unnecessary orchiectomies to preserve vital testicular tissue left.

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Acute scrotumtesticular hemorrhagetesticular infarctiontesticular pathologiestestis-sparing surgery

Identifiers

PMID31413519
PMCPMC6676845

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