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Review
. 1997 Jan;21(1):78-81.

[Acute scrotum: unusual presentation of Schönlein-Henoch purpura]

[Article in Spanish]
J A Suarez González  1 , J M Pello Fonseca, M Rivas del Fresno, F J Cuervo Calvo, D Castaño González-Coto, M A Alonso Ordoñez, M C Herrero Alvarez, V Muruamendiaraz Fernández
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  • PMID: 9182455
Review

[Acute scrotum: unusual presentation of Schönlein-Henoch purpura]

[Article in Spanish]
J A Suarez González et al. Actas Urol Esp. 1997 Jan.

Abstract

Being a systemic vasculitis, Schöenlein-Henoch purpura may affect the scrotum and its content. According to the series studied, this occurs in about 10% patients (2-38%) and sometimes requires a differential diagnosis with the spermatic cord torsion. An isotopic study with 99Tc may avoid a surgical procedure quite often unnecessary. In the case reported here, vasculitis presented as an acute scrotum, which is highly infrequent in the literature and makes a correct presumption diagnosis extraordinary difficult.

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