Difference between revisions of "Testicular torsion"
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Testicular torsion is rotation of the testis resulting in reduced to no blood flow.
General
Clinical:
- Pain.
Treatment:
- Surgery.
Microscopic
Features:
- Intratubular hemorrhage.
DDx:
- Testicular tumour (e.g. germ cell tumour).[1]
- Intratubular germ cell neoplasia (incidental finding).
See also
References
- ↑ Kao, CS.; Zhang, C.; Ulbright, TM. (Jan 2014). "Testicular hemorrhage, necrosis, and vasculopathy: likely manifestations of intermittent torsion that clinically mimic a neoplasm.". Am J Surg Pathol 38 (1): 34-44. doi:10.1097/PAS.0b013e31829c0206. PMID 24061519.