Indian Journal of Surgery, March 1st, 2006
Torsion within the inguinal canal is very rare, despite the fact that 75% of the cryptorchid testis are located there.[1 ] It is usually present in patients of spastic neuromuscular disease.[2 ],[3 ] Torsion within the inguinal canal in an otherwise healthy young child has very rarely been reported.[4 ] One such case is hereby reported for world literature.
Case Report
A three-year-old child presented to the accident and emergency department of our hospital, with a history of three days of severe pain in the right groin, which was sudden in onset without any precipitating factor and associat...
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