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Intestinal atresia presenting as bilateral scrotal pneumatocele: A case report
Chee-Chee Koh1, Jin-Cherng Sheu
1Department of Pediatric Surgery, Mackay Memorial Hospital, No. 92 Chung Shan North Road Sec 2, Taipei, Taiwan 104.
Journal of Pediatric Surgery
|January 10, 2002
Abstract:
The authors report on a newborn baby with congenital hydrocele in whom pneumoscrotum developed. Air and meconium were found over the hernia sac, owing to ileal atresia with perforation. Gas in the scrotum usually is inside herniated bowel, but it can be the first sign of pneumoperitoneum.