Difference between revisions of "Testicular torsion"

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'''Testicular torsion''' is rotation of the [[testis]] resulting in reduced to no blood flow.  
'''Testicular torsion''' is rotation of the [[testis]] resulting in a reduced or absent blood flow with subsequent ischemia.


==General==
==General==
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DDx:
DDx:
*Testicular tumour (e.g. [[germ cell tumour]]).<ref>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Kao | first1 = CS. | last2 = Zhang | first2 = C. | last3 = Ulbright | first3 = TM. | title = Testicular hemorrhage, necrosis, and vasculopathy: likely manifestations of intermittent torsion that clinically mimic a neoplasm. | journal = Am J Surg Pathol | volume = 38 | issue = 1 | pages = 34-44 | month = Jan | year = 2014 | doi = 10.1097/PAS.0b013e31829c0206 | PMID = 24061519 }}
*Testicular tumour (e.g. [[germ cell tumour]]).<ref name=pmid24061519>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Kao | first1 = CS. | last2 = Zhang | first2 = C. | last3 = Ulbright | first3 = TM. | title = Testicular hemorrhage, necrosis, and vasculopathy: likely manifestations of intermittent torsion that clinically mimic a neoplasm. | journal = Am J Surg Pathol | volume = 38 | issue = 1 | pages = 34-44 | month = Jan | year = 2014 | doi = 10.1097/PAS.0b013e31829c0206 | PMID = 24061519 }}</ref>
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*[[Germ cell neoplasia in situ]] (incidental finding).
*[[Intratubular germ cell neoplasia]] (incidental finding).


===Grading===
===Grading===
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| diffuse infarction of parenchyma
| diffuse infarction of parenchyma
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==Sign out==
<pre>
Right Testicle, Orchiectomy:
- Testis with diffuse intratubular hemorrhage and focal desquamation
  of germ cells.
- Epididymis with intratubular necrotic debris.
- Changes compatible with testicular torsion.
- NEGATIVE for germ cell neoplasia in situ (intratubular germ cell neoplasia).
- NEGATIVE for malignancy.
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==See also==
==See also==
*[[Testis]].
*[[Testis]].
*[[Testicular abscess]].
*[[Testicular trauma]].
*[[Infarction]].
*[[Ovarian infarct]].
*[[Ovarian torsion]].


==References==
==References==
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