Paeds Surgical Quiz2 Flashcards
Testis is where?
- Intraabdominal structure
- in a satellite peritoneal cavity
- left and right Tunica vaginalis
Acute scrotum presentation
Abdo pain.
Inside peritoneal cavity
if inflammation stops at edge of hemiscrotum then?
Intraperitoneum
Needs surgeon
Hydatid morgani
Scrotal contents
Testicle
Epidydimus
Hydatid morgani
If Hydatid Morgani enlargement give what rarer sign?
Why does it torsion?
Onset of puberty and response to estrogen
Likely age to get testicular torsion?
Age 13-ish after puberty starts, testis enlarges and longer mesorquim (mesentry)
Why would a testicular torsion at birth not be painful?
Already dead, died in utero
Testicle doesn’t attach to scrotum yet. The gubernaculum attachment.
Torsion at spermatic cord upper lvl
What is mesorquim?
Mesentry of the testes.
How big is the testicle in a kid? Rule of thumb?
As big as the glans
3 DDx
Congenital
Inflammatory
Cancer
Assymetrical scrotum, think of?
Varicocele
Bag of worms for varicocele happens when
When they’re vertical ONLY
If there is only one testes, how can you tell
The single testes will be 50% larger if there’s only one.
If not then the other one could been descended
Difference between wheal and abscess?
Red inflammation goes over the top
Wheal, the top is white