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ArticleUrology case reports2019

Testicular ischemia secondary to epididymo-orchitis: A case report.

Badr Alharbi, Emad Rajih, Adewunmi Adeoye, Bashar Abed Allatiefe, Mohammad Hasan Abdullah

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Article in Urology case reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Badr AlharbiUrology Department, College of Medicine, Qassim University, Buraidah, Saudi Arabia.
Emad RajihUrology Department, College of Medicine, Taibah University, Madinah, Saudi Arabia.
Adewunmi AdeoyePathology Department, King Fahd Specialist Hospital, Buraidah, Saudi Arabia.
Bashar Abed AllatiefeUrology Department, King Fahd Specialist Hospital, Buraidah, Saudi Arabia.
Mohammad Hasan AbdullahUrology Department, King Fahd Specialist Hospital, Buraidah, Saudi Arabia.
King Fahad Specialist Hospital · SAQassim University · SATaibah University · SA

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Testicular infarction is a common urological emergency in clinical practice, it is still underreported when it results from other than spermatic cord torsion. It rarely arises from other pathological processes like vasculitis and infectious disease. We report a case of 18-year-old with epididymo-orchitis complicated by testicular ischemia. This case accentuates the need for a high index of suspicion to rule out concomitant testicular ischemia secondary to epididymo-orchitis that might be salvaged in the future with immediate surgical intervention. Testicular infarction is a devastating complication from epididymo-orchitis that is difficult to predict and distinguish from more common presentations of acute scrotum.

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EpididymitisEpididymo-orchitisIschemiaTesticular infarction

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PMID31687342
PMCPMC6819811
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