Testicular torsion

Abstract

Acute testicular torsion in children is an emergency and has to be diagnosed urgently. Late presentation or failure to diagnose and correctly manage this condition leads to loss of the testis on the affected side. The incidence of testicular torsion is at least 3.8 per 100,000 males younger than 18 years old. There is a bimodal distribution of testicular torsion, with one peak at age 1 month and another at age 12 years, which may reflect the clinical distinction between extravaginal torsion in newborns, and intravaginal torsion in older infants and children [1].