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SHAMSA A. SPERMATIC CORD HEMATOMA MIMICKING SPERMATIC CORD TORSION IN A NEONATE. Med J Islam Repub Iran 2000; 14 (1) :101-102
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SPERMATIC CORD HEMATOMA MIMICKING SPERMATIC CORD TORSION IN A NEONATE
ALI SHAMSA
From the Department of Urology, Ghaem Medical Center. Mashhad University of Medical Sciences. Mashhad, I.R.lran.
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Acute scrotal swelling is an urgent urologic condition, and its failure in diagnosis is "one of the litigious issues in urologic practice. "1-2 Although acute scrotal pain is due to spermatic cord torsion in 25-35% of cases, the urologist should either rule it out or treat it immediately. 2 We operated a case of acute scrotal edema in a two-day-old boy who had, according to clinical results and color Doppler imaging, been diagnosed as having spermatic cord torsion. Operation, however, confirmed that the cause was spermatic cord hematoma, not torsion.
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Type of Study: case report | Subject: Urology and Nephrology
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