A 26-Year-Old Male with a 14-Year History of Left Intermittent Testicular Torsion Treated with Self-Manual Reduction

Curr Urol. 2018 Mar;11(3):166-168. doi: 10.1159/000447213. Epub 2018 Feb 20.

Abstract

Intermittent testicular torsion presents with recurrent episodes of severe unilateral testicular pain with resolution of symptoms between episodes. We present a case of a 26-year-old man with a 14-year history of intermittent testicular pain presenting to the urology clinic for elective surgical evaluation. He reported monthly symptoms for many years and had learned to manually reduce the torsion with each episode. Diagnosis of intermittent testicular torsion was made based on patient history and treatment with bilateral orchiopexy resulted in complete symptom resolution and without any loss of testicular function.

Keywords: Acute scrotum; Intermittent testicular torsion; Orchidopexy.

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