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Neonatal adrenal hemorrhage mimicking an acute scrotum

2007; Springer Nature; Volume: 27; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1038/sj.jp.7211638

1476-5543

Ottavio Adorisio, R Mattei, Enrico Ciardini, N Centonze, Bruno Noccioli,

Testicular diseases and treatments

Twenty-two cases of scrotal hematoma caused by neonatal adrenal hemorrhage are reported in the literature and unnecessary surgical exploration was performed in nine (41%), suspecting testicular torsion. In this paper, we present a newborn male with right adrenal gland hemorrhage causing right scrotal swelling and discoloration of groin managed conservatively.