ACUTE APPENDICITIS PRESENTING AS A SCROTAL ABSCESS
- 1 May 1989
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wiley in Anz Journal of Surgery
- Vol. 59 (5) , 425-426
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1445-2197.1989.tb01600.x
Abstract
A 50 year old man presented with scrotal pain of 2 weeks' duration. The finding of acute appendicitis as a scrotal abscess due to perforated appendix in an inguinal hernia is rare, and literature on this finding is reviewed.Keywords
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