Espinosa-Pérez GDA, Zuviri-González A, Hernández-Beltrán MA, Mateos-Chavolla PJ, Guzmán-Hernández F, Cortez-Betancourt R

Language: Spanish
References: 6
Page: 185-187
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ABSTRACT

Pneumoscrotum is a rare pathology that has received little attention in the urological literature. The case of a patient that underwent tracheotomy with secondary development of generalized subcutaneous emphysema causing pneumoscrotum is presented. Patient is a 72-year-old man diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma of the tonsil. Illness onset was 24 hours prior to hospital admittance. Patient then experienced progressively increasing respiratory difficulty for which tracheotomy was carried out. During postoperative period patient developed massive subcutaneous emphysema that extended to the scrotal sac. This pathology is easily diagnosed and treatment is conservative, but differential diagnosis is important in order to avoid the administration of more aggressive treatment.

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