ArticleBMJ case reports2020
Torsion of undescended abdominal testicle in a 16-year-old and its management.
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- Bilateral Undescended Testes With Unilateral Torsion Presenting As Acute Abdomen: A Case Report.Cureus · 2025Article
- A 7-year-old with extravaginal torsion of an undescended testicle in the left inguinal region: The first case report from Syria.Clinical case reports · 2024Article
- In Which Patients and Why Is Laparoscopy Helpful for the Impalpable Testis?Minimally invasive surgery · 2022Article
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Abstract
A 16-year-old boy attended the Emergency Department with sudden severe right iliac fossa pain and associated vomiting. He denied any urinary symptoms, diarrhoea or testicular pain. On examination, he had a locally tender right iliac fossa with guarding. External genitalia and testicular examination revealed an absent right testicle, the left testicle was not tender. The patient was haemodynamically stable. A clinical diagnosis of acute appendicitis and possible testicular torsion was made and the patient sent for an urgent diagnostic laparoscopy. At laparoscopy, the patient was found to have a torted, non-viable right-sided testicle in the abdominal cavity. On discussion with urology, a decision was made to excise the torted testicle as it was atrophic and had significant malignant potential. The appendix was normal. The patient made an unremarkable recovery and was discharged.
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