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PATHOLOGY OF THE SCROTUM TESTICULAR TORSION
¢PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM TESTICULAR TORSION COMPLAIN OF SUDDEN ONSET OF TESTICULAR PAIN, OFTEN DURING SLEEP.
¢THE TORSED TESTIS WILL BE SWOLLEN AND IT MAY BE POSITIONED HIGHER IN THE SCROTUM AND HAVE A HORIZONTAL ORIENTATION.
¢PAIN MAY RADIATE INTO THE LOWER ABDOMEN AND INGUINAL REGION.
¢NAUSEA AND VOMITING CAN RESULT FROM THE INTENSE PAIN THAT OCCURS.
¢THE SONOGRAPHIC APPEARANCE OF THE TORSED TESTIS DEPENDS ON THE DURATION OF TIME THAT HAS PASSED SINCE THE FIRST SIGNS OF SYMPTOMS.
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