Year: 2024 | Month: June | Volume: 11 | Issue: 6 | Pages: 341-343
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijrr.20240639
Delayed Presentation of Testicular Torsion: A Case Report
Sameeran Sahasrabudhe1, Ananta Kulkarni2, Joshna Choudhary3, Swati Lagli4, Pragati Medkar5
1,3,4,5Intern, Dept of General Surgery, Bharatratna Atalbihari Vajpayee Medical college, Pune, India
2Head of Department and Professor, Bharatratna Atalbihari Vajpayee Medical college, Pune, India
Corresponding Author: Sameeran Sahasrabudhe
ABSTRACT
Testicular torsion is a medical emergency due to twisting of spermatic cord on its axis which hinders blood supply to the testes, causing acute symptoms. It is considered one of the emergency presentations seen in young adolescents. This emergency is mostly observed in patients under 18 years of age, and occurs is 3.8 per 100000 population. We describe a 25-year-old patient presenting to the emergency department with acute symptoms typical of testicular torsion.
Keywords: Testicular torsion, twisting of spermatic cord.
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