Acute pancreatitis masquerading as testicular torsion |
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| Authors: | Yeong-Liang Lin MD Ming-Tseh Lin MD Guan-Tarn Huang MD Yih-Leong Chang MD Hang Chang MD Shih-Ming Wang MD Shu-Wen How MD |
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| Institution: | aFrom the Department of Emergency Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan;bDepartment of Pathology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan |
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| Abstract: | A 40-year-old man presented with fat necrosis of scrotum as the complication of acute pancreatitis. Excessive fluid accumulation in the pancreas and the extrapancreatic spaces, including around the spermatic cord, was seen on computed tomography. Surgical specimen showed typical fat necrosis of tunica vaginalis and the spermatic cord. After the surgery, pain of the testicle subsided completely, without recurrence. From the clinical presentation alone, it had been difficult to differentiate this patient's condition from torsion of the spermatic cord. |
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| Keywords: | Pancreatitis fat necrosis tunica vaginalis |
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