Simaioforidis Vasileios, Kontos Stylianos, Fokitis Ioannis, Lefakis Georgios, Koritsiadis Sotirios
Department of Urology, General Hospital of Nikea, 3 D, Mantouvalou St,, Nikea, 18454, Piraeus, Greece.
Cases J. 2008 Nov 1;1(1):293. doi: 10.1186/1757-1626-1-293.
Subcutaneous emphysema of the scrotum due to traumatic pneumothorax is a rare medical situation and only a few cases are reported in the literature.
We present the case of a 22 year old man who was admitted to the emergency department after a motorcycle accident having a painless crepitant scrotum and chest excoriations. Further evaluation revealed subcutaneous emphysema of the scrotum caused by left pneumothorax.
In conclusion, subcutaneous emphysema of the scrotum (or pneumoscrotum) due to traumatic pneumothorax is not an urgent condition and assessment should be supportive with intervention directed at the etiology, e.g. the pneumothorax.
创伤性气胸导致的阴囊皮下气肿是一种罕见的医学情况,文献中仅报道了少数病例。
我们报告一例22岁男性,在摩托车事故后被送往急诊科,阴囊无痛性捻发音且胸部有擦伤。进一步评估发现左侧气胸导致阴囊皮下气肿。
总之,创伤性气胸导致的阴囊皮下气肿(或阴囊积气)并非紧急情况,评估应支持针对病因(如气胸)进行干预。