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Christopher E Bayne1, Jeffrey Villanueva2, Tanya D Davis1
1Division of Pediatric Urology, Children's National Health System, Washington, DC.
The Journal of Pediatrics
|April 22, 2017
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We identified factors associated with delay in presentation and misdiagnosis of testicular torsion. Compared with acute cases, delayed presentations were more likely to report isolated abdominal pain, developmental disorders, and history of recent genital trauma. Failure to perform a genitourinary examination or scrotal imaging was associated with misdiagnosis.
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