Citation

Sujka SK, Jewett TC, Karp MP. J. Pediatr. Surg. 1988; 23(4): 380.

Affiliation

Department of Pediatric Surgery, Children's Hospital of Buffalo, NY 14222.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1988, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

3385596

Abstract

Acute scrotal pathology often reflects intraabdominal disease. A bluish discoloration of the scrotum may represent blood migrating from a ruptured intraabdominal organ. A case of a battered child presenting with a swollen bluish scrotum is reviewed to draw attention to an early sign of intraperitoneal hemorrhage.

Language: en